Egyptian Writing

Group member:

Lorraine Tang

Christy Chan

Carla Yeung

Fiona Leung

Kathy Leung

~Introduction~

The ancient Egyptians…•Believed •Important to ancient’s record, communicate information •About religion and government•Invented written scripts •Could be used to record information.

About Hieroglyphic.

• Used as a logogram• Most frequently used common nouns• Always accompanied by a mute vertical• For e.g. is the meaning of “sun is the meaning of ”house” is the meaning of “mountain”

           

 

The most famous of all Egyptian scripts… HieroglyphicAt least three other scripts for different purposesTo preserve the beliefs, history, ideas

Ancient Egypt‘s temple, tomb walls, papyrus scrolls

About Hieroglyphic.•are written in rows or columns

•from left to right or from right to left.

•the human or animal figures always face towards the beginning of the line I love you:

Paper the ancient Egyptian used

•Made from the papyrus reed •Before the Chinese are known to have invented a paper •Paper was made from the papyrus reed, wch is a water or marsh plant, with tall straight hollow stems•The Egyptian papermakers used reeds as the raw material and glued the finished sheets of paper

Symbols of our group members names

Lorraine:Christy:Fiona:Kathy:Carla:

1.Alphabetic signs 2. Syllabic signs 3. Word-signs 4. A determinative