Evolution of Writing and Printing

Where we left off…• Petroglyph: Images

created by removing part of a rock surfaces by pecking and carving

• Pictograph: An image drawn or painted on a rock face

…all of which evolved into…

• Simplified petroglyphs that represented numbers and countable objects.

A New Definition:• Hieroglyphics: A

simple form of alphabet in which each character represents an object or concept in everyday life.

• Note the recurrent use of STONE.

• In the 1000 B.C. era, Egyptian Hieroglyphs evolved into the first alphabet.

• Scribed on Papyrus Scrolls using primitive inks.

Papyrus• Papyrus: An

early form of paper, usually used in rolls, made from the pulp of the papyrus plant.

Early papyrus scrolls were inscribed with primitive letters to record stories of a culture or census data.

Papyrus as a story-telling medium

“The Heracles Papyrus”- 3rd Century A.D.

The Library of Alexandria • Built by Ptolemy the

2nd in 300 B.C.• Said to contain more

than 700,000 papyrus scrolls, encompassing all facets of human knowledge.

• Library destroyed in military conquests sometime between 48 B.C. and 642 A.D.

What is the Problem with Scribing and Carving?

Your Assignment (roughly associated with this slide

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“The Power of the Pen” Literary Magazine Cover

Project.