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Hierogyphics
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HIEROGLYPHS are pictures that were used to write the ancient
Egyptian language. In the beginning hieroglyphic signs were used to keep
records of the king's possessions. Scribes could easily make these records by
drawing a picture of a cow or a boat followed by a number. But as the
language became m ....
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....he picture
signs can be written from right to left; from left to right; or vertically, reading
downwards. To determine which way to read a line of hieroglyphs, look for
pictures of men or animals. See which way the pictures are facing, the text is
read towards the faces. If they are facing to the left, the inscription is read
from the left to the right. If they are facing right, the inscription is read from
right to left.
THERE are three forms of writing that were used to write the ancien.... |
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