in the sixth century BC, what three civilizations invaded Egypt?
Persioans, greeks, and romans
What was discovered on the inside of the temples?
Carved and painted images
Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
Cuneiform
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?Logo: visual symbols representing ideas or objects
Alphabetic: came later as the language evolved into demotic
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
Hiero-sacred
Glyphic-writing
What is a scribe?
People who could read and write
Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
Military leaders, so they could communicate during battle
What is papyrus and how was it made?
Substrate made from reeds native to egypt
What is a substrate?
Reeds wettend and then crushed flat so they could be written on
What were the Books of the Dead?
A set of scrolls for pharaohs and other important egyptians on papyrus, they were instructions to help them find their way to the afterlife
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
The greeks and Romans were unable to read and write them.
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
A slab of stone with inscriptions on it, Egypt when Napoleon Bonaparte was constructing a french presence in the middle east.
What three languages are included on the stone?
Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek.
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
They couldn't decipher the Hieroglyphics.
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Jean Francois Champollion. He was able to match up the Egyptian Hieroglyphics with the greek version of the name of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
We now know a great deal about the ancient egyptians and egyptian hieroglyphics
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