HIEROS = HOLY
GLYPHE = WRITING
HIEROGLYPH = HOLY WRITING
The Ancient Egyptians began to develop writing system over 5.000 years ago, around 3000 BCE. They used pictures of objects, people or animals to write down their language. There are over 700 hieroglypics signs to represent different objects, actions, sounds or ideas.
One of the keys to unlocking the secrets of Ancient Egyptian writing was the 'Rosetta Stone'. The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it. It was created in 196 BC, but it wasn´t found until 1799. The text is made up of three translations of a single passage, written in two Egyptian language scripts (Hieroglyphic and Demotic), and in classical Greek. Many people worked on deciphering hieroglyphs over several hundred years. However, the structure of the script was very difficult to work out. After many years of studying the Rosetta Stone and other examples of ancient Egyptian writing, Jean-François Champollion deciphered hieroglyphs in 1822. Champollion could read both Greek and demotic. He was able to figure out what the seven demotic signs were. By looking at how these signs were used in demotic he was able to work out what they stood for. Then he began tracing these demotic signs back to hieroglyphic signs. By working out what some hieroglyphs stood for, he could make educated guesses about what the other hieroglyphs stood for.
The Rosetta Stone has been exhibited in the British Museum since 1802. Nowadays it is the most visited piece all over the museum.
Here you have some of the hieroglyphs that students from SIES Humanes in Cubas have written.
One of the keys to unlocking the secrets of Ancient Egyptian writing was the 'Rosetta Stone'. The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it. It was created in 196 BC, but it wasn´t found until 1799. The text is made up of three translations of a single passage, written in two Egyptian language scripts (Hieroglyphic and Demotic), and in classical Greek. Many people worked on deciphering hieroglyphs over several hundred years. However, the structure of the script was very difficult to work out. After many years of studying the Rosetta Stone and other examples of ancient Egyptian writing, Jean-François Champollion deciphered hieroglyphs in 1822. Champollion could read both Greek and demotic. He was able to figure out what the seven demotic signs were. By looking at how these signs were used in demotic he was able to work out what they stood for. Then he began tracing these demotic signs back to hieroglyphic signs. By working out what some hieroglyphs stood for, he could make educated guesses about what the other hieroglyphs stood for.
The Rosetta Stone has been exhibited in the British Museum since 1802. Nowadays it is the most visited piece all over the museum.
Here you have some of the hieroglyphs that students from SIES Humanes in Cubas have written.
Dare you decipher them?
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