1. Hieroglyphics

2. What is it
A hieroglyph was a character of the ancient Egyptian writing system
meaning ‘language of the gods’
A system that employs characters in the form of pictures
Can be read eaither as picturess, as symbols for pictures or as symbols for sounds.
There were 700 ancient Egyptian symbols representing words, and thousands of others used for individual sounds.

3. How were they it used?
Was only used by a small portion of the Egyptian population
Priests
Civil officials
Wrote on boards made of wood, clay, stone walls, and papyrus.
Used all over the country

4. Importance
The ancient Egyptians believed it was important to record and communicate about religion and government
This lead to the invention of hieroglyphics to record information
Hieroglyphics were used for many purposes in different places.

5. What they were used for
If a king died, on the coffin it would show what it looks like in heaven and write how he died
Write it from right to left or top to bottom
Helpful with coffins because it shows all of the things up in
heaven like tools, animals, crops, and boats
Used to decorate jewelry by carving symbols in it.

6. What impact did it have? A way of communicating through writing
Was able to create a political government, run an army and start civilization

7. 3 different groups Phonograms : represented sounds
ideograms : represented objects or ideas
Determinatives : relate to speech sounds and serve as word sectors

8. Rosetta stone
Was written by a group of priests to honor the Egyptian Pharaoh listing all the good things that the Pharaoh did
Was written in 2 languages :
Egyptian
Hieroglyphics
Demotic
- Greek