Persians, Greeks, and Romans
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
Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
Cuneiform
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?
Logorams are visual symbols representing ideas or objects, alphabetic came later
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
hyro- sacred glyphic-engraving
What is a scribe?
School where students learned how to read and write
Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
Military, communicate with eachother
Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.
What is papyrus and how was it made?
Find your way to the after life; Substrate made from reed and plants placed criss-crossed over each other then rubbed to together until flat
What is a substrate?
A layer or something to write on
What were the Books of the Dead?
Find your way to the after life
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
No one left to decipher the languagePost an example of the Rosetta Stone.
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
A rock with 3 languages on it to translate hieroglyphics, Egypt in Rosetta
What three languages are included on the stone?
Demotic, Greek, and Hieroglyphics
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
Some of the stone was missing
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Jean Champollion, he matched up the Greek version of the name Ramses and the hieroglyphics
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
We know a lot more about the Egyptians and Hieroglyphics
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