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Egyptian Hieroglyphics & the Rosetta Stone. Decipher the following messages:. 10X 10Q 1CE 2MI FTW G2G SMH. =P >:( ;-) :-/ :-D. Discussion Questions. Where might you see the types of messages? What makes this type of communication different from the normal written word ? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Egyptian Hieroglyphics & the Rosetta Stone
Decipher the following messages:
• 10X• 10Q• 1CE• 2MI• FTW• G2G• SMH
• =P• >:( • ;-)• :-/• :-D
Discussion Questions.• Where might you see the types of
messages?• What makes this type of communication
different from the normal written word?• Why do people use this form of
communication rather than writing complete words and sentences?
• What are the advantages/disadvantages of using this type of communication?
Hieroglyphs • Hieroglyphs is made
from two Greek words: – hieros meaning holy – glyphe meaning writing – So hieroglyph means...?
Hieroglyphs• Uses many symbols to represent
entire words; also has symbols for single letters. – These roughly correspond to the 26
letters of the English alphabet. • The signs we give for the letters 'a',
'l', 'o', 'v', 'x' and 'c' are the closest we can come to the ancient sounds. – Ancient Egyptian has four different 'h'
sound, for example, making it difficult to make direct translations.
Hieroglyphics
• The ancient Egyptians did not use vowels when they recorded information in writing. Thus, two words with the same consonants but different meanings could be spelled the same way.
• These signs written together could mean either' boat' or 'taste’:
Sense Signs• By adding the 'sense sign’ to the end
of the word means 'boat'. • However, by adding the 'sense sign'
(an ox tongue) at the end of the word means 'taste'.
Reading Egyptian Hieroglyphics
• To know which way to read, you must determine which way the people or animals are facing. – For example, if an animal hieroglyph faces right,
you read from right to left. If it faces left, you read from left to right.
– And just to confuse you, sometimes they read Hieroglyphs from top to bottom.
Papyrus
• Hieroglyphs were written on papyrus reed, which is a water or marsh plant, with tall straight hollow stems. – The reeds were flattened, dried, and stuck
together to make pages. • The Egyptians also carved hieroglyphs onto
stone and painted them on the walls of the tombs.
Papyrus
• #1: First, they would pick a plant and cut the outer green part.
• #2: Next, they took the inner part of the papyrus and cut it into even pieces.
• #3: Then, they would take a board and stack the even slices on the board.
• #4: Last, they would take a stone and rub the slices until they were soft and felt like our paper.
The Rosetta Stone
• Contains three types of text:1. Hieroglyphics: Used for
important and religious documents
2. Egyptian writing (demotic): Used by most people in Egypt at that time.
3. Greek writing: Used by the rulers
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet
Cartouche
• In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an ellipse with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name
Cartouche
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Our Names
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Our Names
• Tyler• Claire• Cole•Madi• Zane