HIEROGLYPHICS:
· formal writing system used by ancient Egypt· use figures like animals, objects, and people
· logographic and alphabetic elements
· they represent real or illusion elements
· it is read alone of its visual characteristics
· mostly written on papyrus paper or on the Pyramids
· hieroglyphs means "Writing Words of God"
· before they were used to write on pyramids they used them for recording something like a census
· use a rebus-pictures are used according to the way they sound
· ex. i believe -"eye, a bee, and a leaf"
· the people who write them are called scribes
· 3 types
o ideogram-a picture used to symbolize an abstract idea
o phonogram-a picture whose name is close to the desired sound
o pictograph-a drawing of the literal word
· first written language for ancient Egypt
· over 2,000 different symbols
THE PYRAMIDS:
· Ancient Egypt was actually located in North Africa.
· About 80 pyramids in Ancient Egypt
· Built as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens
·The pharaohs usually referred to them as their “House of eternity”
o Began planning their houses of eternity as soon as they took the throne
·All sides of the pyramids were to face directly north, south, east, and west
· Large stones were cut from quarries and used to build the pyramids
·Most of the workers were farmers who worked during the flood season, when their fields were under water.
·Four main chambers:
o King’s chamber
o Grand Gallery – leads from ascending passage to the king’s chamber
o Queen’s chamber- not actually meant for the queen to be buried there, possible used as a place to store the king’s funerary objects
o Underground chamber – almost like a trick chamber, many different views on what this tomb was used for
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