1. In the sixth century BC, what three civilizations invaded Egypt?
Persians, Romans, and the Greeks.
Persians, Romans, and the Greeks.
2. Post an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
What was discovered on the inside of the temples?
Carved and painted images on every wall and surface.
3. Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language? By the concept of expressing words in writing.
4. What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?
Logograms- visual symbols representing ideas or objects, generally stylized and perfectly recognizable.
Alphabetic- came later as the language evolved into demotic, used for writing documents.
5. The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
Hiro means sacred and glyphic means engraving or writing.
6. What is a scribe?
A priest who could read and write instructions on the walls. Responsible for writing a set of scrolls for pharaohs and other important Egyptians and papyrus.
7. Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
Priests, so they could read and write instructions on the walls and papyrus for rituals.
Military leaders, so they could communicate in battle.
7. Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
Priests, so they could read and write instructions on the walls and papyrus for rituals.
Military leaders, so they could communicate in battle.
8. Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.
What is papyrus and how was it made?
Substrate made from reeds native to Egypt. Wet reeds are placed criss-cross over each other, flattened and dried. Rubbed with flat stones until the surface becomes smooth.
What is papyrus and how was it made?
Substrate made from reeds native to Egypt. Wet reeds are placed criss-cross over each other, flattened and dried. Rubbed with flat stones until the surface becomes smooth.
9. What is a substrate?
substance or layer the lies underneath something.
10. What were the Books of the Dead?
Instructions and spells to help them find their way to the after life.
11. How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
12. Post an example of the Rosetta Stone.
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
Bonaparte France. Stone with inscriptions on it.
13. What three languages are included on the stone?
Egyptian hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek.
Egyptian hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek.
14. Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
A chunk of the stone were missing and they weren't complete.
15. Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
French scholar Jean Francois Champollion. That the inscriptions on the stones referred to king Ptolemy V epiphanies at the time of his coronation around 196 BC.
16. Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
We know the a great deal about the ancient Egyptians.
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