persia, greeks, 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?
logograms are visual symbols representing ideas or objects
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words? scared and writing
What is a scribe?
a school teching reading and writing
Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
military leaders so that they could ocmmunicate in battle
Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.
What is papyrus and how was it made? substrate made from reeds
What is a substrate?
a layer that underlies something
What were the Books of the Dead?
scrolls written for the paraohs on papyrus
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
their culture was lost through being ruled by greece and rome
Post an example of the Rosetta Stone.
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
a stone that had hieroglyphics ingraved on it- Rosetta, Egypt
What three languages are included on the stone?
Greek, Hieroglyphics, Demotic
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
no on knew the languages
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Jean Francois Champollion- he matched up the hieroglyphic symbols with Greek versions
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
it gives insight to how those people lived
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