Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet
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- #Hieroglyphs
- #Rosetta Stone
- #Ancient Egypt
- Hieroglyphic writing originated around 4000 BC and was used for religious texts by priests.
- The script was accompanied by a decimal numeration system extending up to a million.
- Hieroglyphs were considered 'the words of God' and were mainly used for temple inscriptions.
- For everyday transactions, a simplified script called hieratic was used.
- Hieroglyphs can be written in rows or columns and read from left to right or right to left.
- Hieroglyphic signs are divided into four categories: alphabetic, syllabic, word-signs, and determinatives.
- The Rosetta Stone and Jean-Francois Champollion were key to deciphering hieroglyphs.
- Modern tools include a Hieroglyphic Typewriter and Math Calculator for writing and translating messages.
- The software includes over 1100 hieroglyphic illustrations and works on multiple platforms.