1. Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs

2. It can also mean very, very old!
Ancient
Ancient means a long, long time ago.
It can also mean very, very old!

3. Hieroglyphs Because hieroglyphs are the first written language…EVER!
The Egyptians used pictures of objects, people, and animals to write down their language.
Why is it important to us?
Because hieroglyphs are the first written language…EVER!

5. Those hieroglyphs look really hard!!
Scribes
Those hieroglyphs look really hard!!
They were!
Only very important people such as the royal family, priests, and government workers knew how to write hieroglyphs.
Other people who were trained to read and write hieroglyphs were called scribes.
Scribes went to school for years just to learn how to read and write them!

6. Hierarchy
The important people who could read and write hieroglyphs were at the top of the hierarchy in Ancient Egypt.
Hierarchy means how people are organized based on their power.

7. Cartouche
A cartouche is a design drawn around the names of people at the top of the hierarchy in Ancient Egypt.
These cartouches were seen as symbols of eternity.
Drawing a cartouche around
a person’s name would make
that person live forever and be
protected forever.

9. 1. Worksheet 2. Draw Your cartouche Design 3. Carve your Own Cartouche!!