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Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphic writing, a system that employs characters
in the form of pictures. Those individual signs, called
hieroglyphs, may be read either as pictures, as
symbols for pictures, or as symbols for sounds.
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ANCIENT EGYPT
● Villages began to appear in Egypt about 7,000 years ago and
the civilization’s earliest written inscriptions were dated back
about 5,200 years ago, discussing the early Egypt rulers.
● Egypt soon became an organized country with 30 dynasties
beginning around 5,000 years ago; the country was first ruled
by pharaoh Menes (1-2 dynasties).
● Dynasties 3-6 of the “Old Kingdom” date from 2650–2150
BCE. During this time pyramid-building techniques were
developed and the pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx were
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● Dynasties 7-11, from 2150–2030 BCE, suffered great setbacks
as rulings were controlled by regional leaders, drought became
severe and climate change affected the country.
● The Middle Kingdom (dynasties 12-13) under the rule of
Mentuhotep II reunited Egypt into a single country.
The Valley of the Kings A painted relief depicting pharaoh Mentuhotep II,
unearthed and restored from his mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari
● Dynasties 14-17 again experienced central government

collapse but the next three dynasties (1550–1070 BCE)
somehow restored Egypt’s former glory. The most famous
archaeological site from this time period is the Valley of the
Kings, the burial site of Egyptian rulers from this period.
● Dynasties 21-24 (1070–713 BCE) saw another collapse as
the “Sea Peoples” began to invade and Egypt’s trade routes
were losing.
● Dynasties 25-31 (712–332 BCE) or the "late period" paved the
way for the control of foreign powers such as the Persians
and Assyrians.
● In 332 BCE Alexander the Great incorporated the country into
the Macedonian Empire. Then came the Roman Empire.
● Throughout Egypt’s ancient history, its people revered a vast
number of gods and goddesses.
● Over time, foreign mythology influenced Egyptian religion. By
1st cCentury CE, Christianity and Islam were introduced.
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THE HIEROGLYPHICS
● The Egyptian hieroglyphic script was composed of three basic

types of signs:
○ Logograms - representing words;
○ Phonograms - representing sounds;
○ Determinatives - placed at the end of the word to help
clarify its meaning.
Left: Determinatives
Right: Phonograms
Top: Logograms
● The first dynasty used papyrus, the chief portable writing

medium in Egypt found in the Tomb of Hemaka, an official of
King Den.
● Other inscribed surfaces used were leather, ceramic, metal,
and stone; flakes and stelae were also known from early royal
tombs.
● The oldest known examples of Egyptian literature, the
“Pyramid Texts”, engraved on pyramid walls, and the “Coffin
Texts”, inscribed on coffins, are sets of magical spells.
● Through the years, Egyptian writing also evolved into three
hieroglyphic scripts:
○ Hieroglyphic - the oldest version of the script,
characterized by its pictorial appearance. This is found in
monument inscriptions and funerary contexts.
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○ Hieratic - written from right to left, mostly on pottery and
papyrus, and used mainly for religious purposes, but also
for public, commercial, and private documents.
○ Demotic - also called sekh shat, or "writing for
documents", has no pictorial trace.
● The decline of Egyptian hieroglyphics began during the
Ptolemaic and Roman periods, when Greek and Roman
culture became influential.
● The 32-letter Coptic alphabet reflects the expansion of
Christianity in Egypt.
Hieratic: Papyrus of Ani, Book of the Dead An example of Egyptian demotic script
DECIPHERING THE LANGUAGE

● Hieroglyphs were arranged in both columns and rows, and the
reading direction depended on how they were rendered.
● So how do we start reading hieroglyphics? Find a figure with
a head and start reading toward the front of its head.
● To understand further, transliteration was developed to render
hieroglyphics into texts. It relates the sounds of hieroglyphs
with alphabetical symbols.
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Hieroglyphics Facts
● The hieroglyphs in the alphabet are
called “uniliterals”, represented by a
single symbol. There are also biliterals
and triliterals, represented by two and
three symbols, respectively.
● The exact pronunciation of the words in
ancient Egyptian language is not certain,
but we have a general idea from Coptic
An Egyptian Obelisk with Egyptian language.
hieroglyphics
Each symbol has its own meaning. For example, The hieroglyphic alphabet. Take
in this text, the owl-like bird (second row, far note of this image!
right) means in.
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NAME:_____________________________
Ancient Symbols
These symbols are present and common in Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Furthermore, they have special religious meanings.
Write the letter of the correct meaning of each symbol.
a. Maat’s feather - represents justice

b. Tiet or Knot of Isis - symbolizes life
c. Amenta - represents the land of the dead
d. Ouroboros - represents rebirth, recreation of life and perpetuity
e. Canopic jars - containers used to hold the internal organs
f. BA - the heavenly spirit and human personality in the spirit world
g. Uraeus - represents Wadjet, a goddess who is associated with
royalty
h. Cartouche - protection against evil spirits both in this life and the
afterlife
i. Eye of Ra - symbolizes the sun
j. Eye of Horus - protection against envy, disease, harmful animals
and evil spirits
k. Djed - associated with rebirth and regeneration
l. Ankh - represents the concept of eternal life
m. Deshret - represents lower Egypt
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Answer Key
Ancient Symbols
These symbols are present and common in Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Furthermore, they have special religious meanings.
Write the letter of the correct meaning of each symbol.
L J G F K I H
a. Maat’s feather - represents justice

b. Tiet or Knot of Isis - symbolizes life
c. Amenta - represents the land of the dead
d. Ouroboros - represents rebirth, recreation of life and perpetuity
e. Canopic jars - containers used to hold the internal organs
f. BA - the heavenly spirit and human personality in the spirit world
g. Uraeus - represents Wadjet, a goddess who is associated with
royalty
h. Cartouche - protection against evil spirits both in this life and the
afterlife
i. Eye of Ra - symbolizes the sun
j. Eye of Horus - protection against envy, disease, harmful animals
and evil spirits
k. Djed - associated with rebirth and regeneration
l. Ankh - represents the concept of eternal life
m. Deshret - represents lower Egypt
B M C A E D
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● Dynasties 14-17 again experienced central government

● The Egyptian hieroglyphic script was composed of three basic

● The first dynasty used papyrus, the chief portable writing

DECIPHERING THE LANGUAGE

a. Maat’s feather - represents justice

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a. Maat’s feather - represents justice

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