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Heiroglyphics
Hieroglyphics were what official documents were
written in. it was a form of writing in ancient Egypt, and it was in pyramids
and on walls. It was written on pieces of papyrus, which was like paper, but was
made of strips of reeds. We realised how to translate this with the Rosetta
stone. It was found in Egypt and it had some writing in Greek, hieroglyphics
and a demotic script, which was what normal people would right in ancient Egypt.
Oh yeah, did you know that there was a bigger difference from us living to when
Cleopatra lived then there was between the pyramids being built and Cleopatra
living. Demotic script has not been translated yet, though many people have
tried. It could be read left to right or right to left, depending on the way the
animals and symbols face. It could also go from the top to the bottom, so it is
quite hard to read. Hieroglyphics lines the tombs of the pyramids, with prayers
and messages to the pharaoh who was buried there.
There were, like roman and Greek gods, a number of them, and all of them had their roles and
purposes. There were gods of things or for things. Many of them had the head of
an animal, often the one that they represented, and the body of a human. Also in
pictures, like saints, they were holding something that showed what they were
god of. For example Thoth was the god of writing and knowledge, and he held a
writing palette. And sobek, who was the god of the Nile who had a head of a
crocodile. There was a god for practically everything, and the king of the gods
is called amun. He has the head of a ram.
Hieroglyphics were what official documents were
written in. it was a form of writing in ancient Egypt, and it was in pyramids
and on walls. It was written on pieces of papyrus, which was like paper, but was
made of strips of reeds. We realised how to translate this with the Rosetta
stone. It was found in Egypt and it had some writing in Greek, hieroglyphics
and a demotic script, which was what normal people would right in ancient Egypt.
Oh yeah, did you know that there was a bigger difference from us living to when
Cleopatra lived then there was between the pyramids being built and Cleopatra
living. Demotic script has not been translated yet, though many people have
tried. It could be read left to right or right to left, depending on the way the
animals and symbols face. It could also go from the top to the bottom, so it is
quite hard to read. Hieroglyphics lines the tombs of the pyramids, with prayers
and messages to the pharaoh who was buried there.
There were, like roman and Greek gods, a number of them, and all of them had their roles and
purposes. There were gods of things or for things. Many of them had the head of
an animal, often the one that they represented, and the body of a human. Also in
pictures, like saints, they were holding something that showed what they were
god of. For example Thoth was the god of writing and knowledge, and he held a
writing palette. And sobek, who was the god of the Nile who had a head of a
crocodile. There was a god for practically everything, and the king of the gods
is called amun. He has the head of a ram.