PPT-Egyptian Writing Systems

Hieroglyphs MeaningDivine speech or gods words Used by priests for religious writingwritten on papyrus or wood Hieroglyphs is an abjad a writing system where each symbol stands for a consonantthe reader must think of the correct vowel. The birth of the alphabet- writing system of language. Written language is more conservative than spoken language!. (. Fromkin. Rodman . Hyams. [2007] 521). 38. 2. . . Why did civilizations develop a system of writing?. Egyptians were polytheistic. . Common gods:. . Ptah. – creator of the world. Anubis . – god of the dead. . Re. – sun god. . Osiris . – god of the underworld. . Isis . – goddess of magic. mixture of various logographic and alphabetic elements. used for religious literature . over 700 – 800 basic symbols. Hieroglyph comes from two Greek words meaning “sacred writing”. This came from the Egyptians’ own word for their language meaning “divine speech”. World History. Libertyville High School. Non-Egyptian East Africa: . Nubia. Area between First through Fifth cataracts of Nile. Conquered by Egypt around 2000 BC. Served as major trading center between Egypt, African societies. 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.. Chapter 3.3 . Egyptian gods and goddesses. Early in Egyptian history towns and villages had their own patron gods and goddesses, who they believed protected them. . Early Egyptian gods were often depicted as people, with human bodies, but with the heads of animals. . 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? . By: Mamdouh Fadil. University of Sussex - UK. Research Questions / focus:. How the public high schools within the Egyptian context after 30 years under Mubarak regime were spatially and temporally produced by the Egyptian state as . Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College. Why did Ancient Egyptian civilization develop where it did?. Presence of the Nile. Nile is only trans-Saharan . river. Seasonal rainfall in high areas of East Africa plus topography that directs water west and north. Egypt. The people of ancient Egypt did not have scientific explanations for natural phenomena. . They believed sunshine . and . the great Nile River . were . gifts from their . many . gods. The beliefs . There are different levels of questions in terms of difficulty: Level 1, 2, and 3. . Level 1. There is only 1 right answer. . Example: What is the name of General . Zaroff’s. servant?. Answer: Ivan . Pharoah. Ramses. III and Gods of . Memphis, . ancient . Egyptian wall . Painting, . c. . 1150 . BCE. Userhat. Adoring . Dieties. , . ancient . Egyptian wall . painting, 1294-. 1279 BCE. Umar. . Makram. Music, singing and dancing played an important role in ancient Egyptian life. Music was played everywhere. As well as during dances, festivals and religious ceremonies, it was played at work, in battles and even in the tombs.. Papyrus. Papyrus is made from pressed reeds that grew on the banks of the Nile.. It was used for everyday writing, but also for documents which were put in the tomb with the dead. . It can get damaged over time..