PPT-Ancient Egyptian Writing: Hieroglyphics

What do you think is written here The R osetta stone Task Create your own hieroglyphic alphabet Then write a message in your new alphabet Then have one of your peers decode your message. Art History Lesson. Grade: 5. Activity: . Name and symbol cartouche. Keywords: . Cartouche and Symbolism. Art History Lesson. :. Ancient Egyptian Art. Religion was a major influence on ancient Egyptian art. During the early part of the old kingdom the . The soldiers unearthed a dark grey-pinkish granite stone that stood about four feet tall and 2½ feet wide. . The Rosetta Stone . Ancient . Egypt. The Rosetta Stone was inscribed with three languages. One language was Greek, but the . History of Hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics were used by the Ancient Egyptians for almost 3,500 years, but . they took . a lot of time and effort to make and were very hard to learn. .. Hieroglyphic is a Greek word translated as “the sacred engraved letters”.. By: Marianna chacon, Stephanie Neff, Rebecca Lang, Brittany Aguilar. . . Egyptian Hieroglyphs were a formal system of writing used by ancient Egyptians.. Ancient Egyptians combined logographic and alphabetic elements.. Whitney Hale. How do we know what the Egyptian language of numbers is?. It has been found on the writings on the stones of monument walls of ancient time. Numbers have also been found on pottery, limestone plaques, and on the fragile fibers of the papyrus. The language is composed of . 3,000BC just about the same time as the Mesopotamians!. What allowed Egyptians to begin trading among themselves and with others?. The introduction of the . shadoof. Farming the Nile Delta. Minerals from the red land. By around 3000 B.C., Egyptians began to use a form of writing called . . Hieroglyphs. It comes from the Greek “. hieros. ” meaning . sacred . and “. glyphe. ” meaning carving. The development of hieroglyphics first began as simple . People remember Egyptians for their cultural achievements:. Art. Writing. Architecture. Achievements. Inventions Page 1. Egyptian Calendar. The . Ancient Egyptians created the first known 365-day Calendar. They created it in order to mark the passage of years and to record special or significant events.. Hieroglyphics. HRU . WRUD . 2DAY . L8ER . G2G . LYLAS. ME . 2NITE . Coded Messages. Where might you see . these . types of . messages?. What makes this type of communication different from the normal written word? . The Great Pyramid. The Pyramids were considered "Houses of Eternity“.. Tallest human-made structure until the Eiffel Tower in the 1800's. Took approximately 23 years to build. All pyramids had to have a North-facing entrance, to align with the North Star.. (2700 BCE to 2200 BCE). People saw their kings as gods. Called a . theocracy. = same person is the political AND religious leader. King gave many responsibilities to a . bureaucracy . = groups of government officials. Men had many roles in Egyptian society. Boys would leave school at 14 to work with their fathers . women. Women took care of their home. Some women worked outside the home as priestesses, administrators, and artisans. What are hieroglyphics?. Ancient Egyptians started using pictures to make a written language called . hieroglyphics.. It was one of the very . first. writing systems in the world!. They wrote hieroglyphics on temples and monuments.. Vocabulary. 1. . Fertile Crescent.  – the boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations. Also known as the “Cradle of Civilization,”. 2. .