1. Use adjectives to describe these animals

2. Lesson Objectives
To understand how the Ancient Egyptians learned to communicate in writing
Understand how English has changed over time

3. Ancient Egypt One of the most advanced civilisations of ancient times.
What do you associate with ancient Egypt?

5. Egyptian Language Emerged around 3000 B.C.
The Egyptians developed hieroglyphics as a way of communicating.
They were very time-consuming to produce, and were mainly written in the tombs and pyramids of royalty. They were also sometimes written on papyrus or wood.

7. = A = 2 Hieroglyphics are similar to ideograms.
They can represent individual letters or numbers
= A
= 2

8. They can represent word sounds
= CH

9. Or whole words
= Strength

10. How do we know what they mean?
For centuries, nobody was able to understand hieroglyphics. Historians knew they were part of an alphabet, but they couldn’t read them.
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone made this possible.
When the Rosetta stone was carved in 196BC, Egyptians were beginning to speak in newer versions of Egyptian, and in Greek. The old language was eventually forgotten about.

11. Task
Use the alphabet sheet to write your full name using hieroglyphics
EXT: Write a short statement about something you’ve learned today using hieroglyphics. See if another member of the class can decipher it.