1. Egyptian Writing Group member: Lorraine Tang Christy Chan Carla Yeung Fiona Leung Kathy Leung ~Introduction~ The ancient Egyptians… Believed Important to ancient’s record, communicate information About religion and government Invented written scripts Could be used to record information.

2. About Hieroglyphic. Used as a logogram Most frequently used common nouns Always accompanied by a mute vertical For e.g. is the meaning of “sun is the meaning of ”house” is the meaning of “mountain” The most famous of all Egyptian scripts… Hieroglyphic At least three other scripts for different purposes To preserve the beliefs, history, ideas Ancient Egypt‘s temple, tomb walls, papyrus scrolls

3. About Hieroglyphic. are written in rows or columns from left to right or from right to left. the human or animal figures always face towards the beginning of the line I love you:

4. Paper the ancient Egyptian used Made from the papyrus reed Before the Chinese are known to have invented a paper Paper was made from the papyrus reed, wch is a water or marsh plant, with tall straight hollow stems The Egyptian papermakers used reeds as the raw material and glued the finished sheets of paper

5. Symbols of our group members names Lorraine: Christy: Fiona: Kathy: Carla: 1.Alphabetic signs 2. Syllabic signs 3. Word-signs 4. A determinative