Hieroglyphics
Mission 3 Details:
Hieroglyphs are drawings that made up Ancient Egypt's written language. The earliest Hieroglyphs were simple pictures that showed what the scribe (writer) wanted to communicate. For instance, a picture of a mouth meant to speak. As time went by, this written language became more refined so that certain pictures stood for certain sounds instead of whole words. In that way Ancient Egyptians could spell out words. Also, Egyptians developed numeral Hieroglyphs so they could do math problems. Could every Ancient Egyptians read and write with Hieroglyphs? No, only the sons of wealthy Egyptians could be trained. They were called scribes (writers.) This was tough work; the scribes had to learn over 750 hieroglyphic signs. |
Main Task - Become a Scribe1. Take notes on the Rosetta Stone.
2. You have done very well at your studies as a scribe. Now you must decode this secret message in your journal. Shhh!! Once you decode the message, please keep it a secret so others get the opportunity to decode it. If your teacher catches you telling anyone the secret message - you will lose points from your mission! |
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