Phragmites in translation

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THE BEGINNINGS OF WRITING HIEROGLYPHICS AND
MORE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
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Carved Hieroglyphics
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Carved Hieroglyphics
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Hieroglyphics in Clay
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Reed Pen
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Papyrus
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Papyrus Reed
Source of
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Phragmites affects Hieroglyphics
Writing became simpler with reed pens from
Phragmites and paper from Papyrus 6
Started as engravings on slates of stone or clay
tablets2
Transformed from pictures to symbols becoming
less detailed and faster to write49
Hieroglyphics were no longer limited to stone
tablets or walls6
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Examples of Hieroglyphics
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Egyptian Hieroglyphics
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Egyptian Hieroglyphics
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Rosetta stone
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Rosetta stone
Demotic Greek Hieroglyphics
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Cartouche

• Twtnkhamn

• Ramses I

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Hieratic Glyphs and the Hieroglyphs they Evolved
from

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Three Egyptian Scripts
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Three Egyptian Scripts
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Uses of Hieroglyphics
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Uses of Hieratic / Demotic Scripts

• Allowed Pharaohs to communicate over distance and
  time9
• Enabled the Pharaoh to rule the Empire regarding9
• Wars
• Laws
• Trade
• Conquests
• Territories
• Government
• Taxes29

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Changes in Modern Scripts
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Changes in Modern Scripts
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Changes in Modern Scripts
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References

• http//www.rom.on.ca/schools/egypt/learn/writing.p
  hp
• http//www.touregypt.net/historicalessays/lifeinEg
  ypt6.htm
• http//www.touregypt.net/historicalessays/discwrit
  ing.htm
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/dec
  ipherment_01.shtml
• http//www.touregypt.net/featurestories/papyrus.ht
  m
• http//encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761573079/Hier
  oglyphs.html
• http//site.www.umb.edu/conne/leslie/historypage.h
  tm
• http//www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-1378824771.htm
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• http//ca.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_461511156_3
  /Ancient_Egypt.html
• Pictures http//www.lib.umich.edu/pap/exhibits/ed
  ucation/schoolhouse.html