"Hieroglyphics and the Egyptians | 3,000 BC"

Hieroglyphics and the Egyptians 

1.) In the sixth century BC, what three civilizations invaded Egypt?
The Persians the Greeks and the Romans

2.) Post an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.

3.) What was discovered on the inside of the temples?
Carved and painted images on every single surface

4.) Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
Yes

5.) What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?

Logograms: visual symbols that represented ideas or objects

6.) The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
Hero and glyphic

7.) What is a scribe?
People who recorded important political and religious events

8.) Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
Military leaders so that they could communicate during battle

9.) Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.

10.) What is papyrus and how was it made?
Substrate from reeds, it was made by flattening out reeds and drying them on top of each other and then they were scrubbed stones until the surface was smooth

11.) What is a substrate?
A portion of a plant

12.) What were the Books of the Dead?
Instructions and spells to help people find their way in the afterlife

13.) How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
Egyptians became less and less able to read the hieroglyphics













14.) Post an example of the Rosetta Stone

15.) What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
It allowed the hieroglyphics to be translated, it was found in Rosetta

16.) What three languages are included on the stone?
Egyptian, Greek and Demotic hieroglyphics

17.) Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
A chunk of the stone was missing and the texts were not complete

18.) Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Champollion, his breakthrough was when he was able to match the hieroglyphic symbols with the same version of Greek text of the name of the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses






19.) Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
 

It allows us to look into the culture of these people and see how they worked and what they were like