Post an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
What was discovered on the inside of the temples? Carved and painted images on every wall and surface.Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language? Cuneiform
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements? Logographic represents ideas or objects, alphabetic represents sounds or letters.
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words? Hiero meaning sacred and glyphic meaning engraving or writing.
What is a scribe? Someone who can read and write.
Who else was trained to read and write? Why? Military leaders to communicate while in battle.
Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.
What is papyrus and how was it made? A substrate made from reeds native to Egypt. Wet reeds are placed criss-cross over each other and are flattened and dried. Then, they are rubbed with flat stones until the surface becomes smooth.
What is a substrate? A surface on which a process occurs.
What were the Books of the Dead? Books containing instructions and spells on how to navigate the afterlife.
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language? Few people were capable of reading or writing them.
Post an example of the Rosetta Stone.
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered? A slab with the same inscription written in three different languages.
What three languages are included on the stone? Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek.
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered? A chunk of the stone was missing and none of the three texts were complete.
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough? Jean Francois Champollion, he matched up the hieroglyphics with the Greek version of the name Pharaoh Ramses
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance? We now know a lot about Ancient Egyptians and their hieroglyphics.
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