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Hierogyphics - College Essay

Hierogyphics

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 more complex more pictures were needed. Eventually the
language consisted of more then 750 individual signs.
AS in other languages, words in Egyptian were made up of sounds,
partly of consonants and partly of vowels. But, the writing of hieroglyphs
constantly ignored and omitted vowels. Thus the two signs which represent
"mt", could be read as met, mat, amta, emt or any other combinations of
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the word that is spelled "cat" is actually pronounced "kat". The
name that is spelled "Cleopatra" is pronounced "Kliopadra". So, these word
would be written in hieroglyphs the way they sound. Because the words
"where" and "wear" sound alike they could be written using the same
hieroglyphic signs. The same could be said of the words "there" and "their".
HIEROGLYPHS are more then just a way of writing, they are also
pictures, and as such they are meant to be estheticly pleasing. The 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 ...

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