Egyptian Writing

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Egyptian Writing
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Essential Questions

• What system did the Ancient Egyptians use to
  communicate their ideas?
• What does the Egyptian system of writing say
  about their culture?
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What is hieroglyphics?

• Hieroglyphics is the picture writing used in
  ancient Egypt. The word hieroglyphics is made up
  of two Greek words - hieros, which means sacred,
  and glyphe, which means carving.
• The Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system consists
  of several hundred picture signs. The signs can
  be divided into two classes, phonograms and
  ideograms

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Phonograms represent sounds, much as alphabet
letters do. Ideograms are signs that represent
whole words or concepts.
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Where was writing used?

• http//www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/explore/main
  .html

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Breaking the Code

• http//www.snaithprimary.eril.net/hiercham.htm

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The Rosetta Stonehttp//www.ancientegypt.co.uk/wr
iting/rosetta.html
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Write Like An Egyptian

• For todays activity, you will write your name in
  hieroglyphics on a cartouche.
• A cartouche is anEgyptian name plate usedby
  Ancient kings, queens, and other high-ranking
  people in the kingdom. A cartouche consists of a
  number of different hieroglyphic symbols enclosed
  in a loop
• Go to the Write Like An Egyptian site, type in
  your first name and print it out
• Hand copy and color your name in hieroglyphics
  onto your cartouche. Then cut out the cartouche.
• Click on next slide to see an example of an
  authentic Egyptian cartouche

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Cartouche of Pharaoh Ramses