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Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics is a formal system of writing used by the ancient Egyptians. It is generally figurative, representing real or illusionary elements in a perfectly recognizable form, though the same symbol can be interpreted in diverse ways, based on context.

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The eleventh hour graeme base?

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"The Eleventh Hour" is a picture book by Graeme Base that follows the story of Horace the elephant as he tries to solve a mystery at his 11th birthday party. The book is filled with intricate illustrations, hidden clues, and puzzles for readers to decipher along with the characters. It's a fun and engaging read for both children and adults.

What is the hieroglyph for exile?

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The hieroglyph for exile is not a single symbol, as hieroglyphs are typically used to represent words or concepts. The concept of exile could be depicted in various ways, by combining different hieroglyphs that represent ideas like "to send away" or "to be far from home."

How is Duamutef spelled in hieroglyphics?

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Duamutef, one of the Four Sons of Horus, is typically represented in hieroglyphics as a jackal-headed deity. In the ancient Egyptian writing system, hieroglyphs are used to represent sounds, so the exact spelling in hieroglyphics would depend on how it is transliterated into Egyptian sounds.

What is Liam in hieroglyphics?

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There is no direct translation of the name "Liam" in Egyptian hieroglyphics, as it is an Irish name of Gaelic origin. Hieroglyphics were used by the ancient Egyptians to represent their own language and names.

What are 4 responsibilities that a scribe had in ancient Egypt?

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  1. Recording and preserving important information: Scribes were responsible for writing and maintaining written records of events, such as religious rituals, court proceedings, and administrative matters. Their precise and accurate documentation ensured the continuity and organization of ancient Egyptian society.

  2. Assisting in bureaucratic tasks: Scribes played a crucial role in the administration of the kingdom, assisting pharaohs, high-ranking officials, and priests with tasks like drafting royal decrees, managing taxes and resources, conducting censuses, and maintaining legal documents.

  3. Educating the next generation: Scribes were highly educated individuals who passed on their knowledge and skills to future generations. They taught students in scribal schools, ensuring a continuous supply of trained individuals who could carry out the complex tasks of the profession.

  4. Preserving cultural and religious traditions: Scribes were responsible for copying sacred texts, including religious hymns, myths, and historical accounts. By creating copies of these texts, they helped to propagate and perpetuate ancient Egyptian cultural and religious beliefs for future generations.

What is sh in hieroglyphics?

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In hieroglyphics, the "sh" sound does not have an individual symbol. However, there are symbols for the "s" and "h" sounds separately, which can be combined to represent the "sh" sound in words.

What was used to helps scholars decipher hieroglyphics?

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The key to the translation of heiroglyphics was the discovery of the Rosetta stone. This was found by a Napoleonic soldier in Egypt in 1799. It was made around 196 B.C. and contains an edict of Ptolemy V. Essentially, the same text is written in three different scripts: heiroglyphics, Demotic, and ancient Greek. As we never lost the ability to read ancient Greek, the stone enabled scholars to start figuring out what the ancient Egyptians wrote.

Are hieroglyphics still useful today?

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yes but only a small weak form of this language is used today but only in a Coptic Church.

What is hieroglyhics?

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Hieroglyph are pictures that stand for different words or sounds

Who are the ancient African nubian princesses?

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A Nubian princess is defined as a dark skinned African women who is beautiful. Some famous African women who could be considered Nubian princesses would be Queen Amenirdis I, Queen Amanishaketo and Ahmose-Nefertari.

What is the Rosetta stone and how has it helped your understanding?

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The Rosetta Stone is a stone tablet that has a King's decree inscribed on it in three languages. The three repetitions are Greek, a later Egyptian and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics written one above another. Because it has essentially the same text written in three languages it was the key to translating ancient hieroglyphics which, until the discovery and translation of this writing, was a cryptic mystery.

How did Jean-François Champollion die?

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Jean-François Champollion supposedly died of a stroke (CVA, cerebrovascular accident). When he came back from Egypt in December 1829, he was not in good health, suffering gout, tuberculosis, and probably Schistosomiasis (a parasitic disease also known as snail fever or bilharzia).

How was hieroglyphics created?

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The Ancient Egyptians writing was called hieroglyphics or hieroglyphs, just like ours is the alphabet.

The Egyptian letters or symbols and their origins were quite complex.

Some symbols represented letters or groups of letters.

Others represented ideas like an action, an animal, an object, etc. These are called determitives(they are placed after the written in letters version of the word, and clarify the meaning of the words).

An upright stone slab that is engraved or inscribed is called?

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An upright stone slab is called a Stele (in the Middle East). If you're looking for the general term it's headstoneor a megalith.

Hope this helped you! (=^.^~<3 :)

Who helped archaeologists learn how to read hieroglyphics?

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Jean-François Champollion deciphered the hieroglyphics by using the Rosetta stone, which enabled everyone to learn how to read them.

Which methods of communication was available in olden days?

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Well it all depends, on just what you mean by "olden", there was many communication methods: Messengers, Pegeons that carried notes, some say Indians used to use smoke as a form of communication. The is all i can remember for now hope it helped

Why did the pharaohs call themselves gods?

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They called themselves Gods because they believed when they were crowned Pharaoh a God came into them or was there parents. Or that when they were born a God gave them powers to choose things and be the true ruler. That is why the called themselves Gods they believed they actually were part of a God.

Is there a hieroglyphic alphabet?

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Yes, most people don't realize that part of Egyptian writing is phonetic.

Twenty-four uniliteral signs make up the so-called hieroglyphic alphabet. Egyptian hieroglyphic writing does not indicate vowels, just like Arabic and Hebrew.

There are also 2 other Egyptian Hieroglyphic alphabets: a bilateral one (each letter represents 2 sounds), and a trilateral one (each letter represents 3 sounds).

How would you summarize writing in ancient Egypt?

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I would describe it as artistic, beautiful, complex, decorative, difficult, variable, traditional, pictorial, mixed, puzzling, attractive, unusual, neatly arranged, regulated, expressive, formulaic, prestigious, conventional and exclusive.

What are the 3 languages used in hieroglyphics?

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Your question indicates that you have misunderstood what you have read or been taught.

Hieroglyphs (a noun - only Americans call them "hieroglyphics", which is an adjective form) were used in ancient Egypt to record their own language and no other. Two other scripts (Hieratic and Demotic) evolved from hieroglyphs but still record the ancient Egyptian language.

A decree recorded on the Rosetta Stone is written twice in ancient Egyptian (in hieroglyphs and Demotic script) and once in the Greek alphabet - this enabled scholars to compare the known Greek words with the unknown Egyptian equivalents and begin to make a translation.

Other cultures used hieroglyphs (otherwise simply known as glyphs), including the Maya, the Hittites and the early Indus Valley culture; all were used to record the language of the people concerned and there is absolutely no connection between the different scripts.

What is the ancient Egyptian word for sun?

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The sun itself in Egypt was called the Aten.