In the sixth century BC, what three civilizations invaded Egypt?
Egypt was invaded by persians. Then later by the greeks and the romans.
Post an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
What was discovered on the inside of the temples?Inside the temples were carvings and painted images on every wall and surface.
Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
Influenced by cuneiform.
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?
Logograms-visual symbols representing ideas or objects
Alphabetic/Phonetic- document writing
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
Hiero-sacred
Glyphic-writing
What is a scribe?
Someone who writes down records of history
Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
student, military leaders- to communicate in battle.
Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.
What is papyrus and how was it made?substrate made from reeds native to egypt.
wet reeds are placed criss-cross over each other flattened and dried.
then rubbed with flat stones until the surface becomes smooth.
What is a substrate?
What were the Books of the Dead?
instructions and spells to help them get to the afterlife.
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
When the greeks and romans captured egypt, few people could still read and write hieroglyphics.
Post an example of the Rosetta Stone.
A slab with inscriptions on it. It was discovered in 1798.
What three languages are included on the stone?
Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek.
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
A chunk of the stone was missing.
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Jean Francois Champollion. He was able to match up the hieroglyphics with the greek version of the name Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses'.
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
We now know a lot about the ancient egyptians and egyptian hieroglyphics.
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