We are located in the Nile Valley, which is northeast of Africa, in a group of villages along the Nile River. Ancient Egyptian life is centered on this river and the fertile land along its banks. My husband and other farmers have developed irrigation methods to control the flow of water during Akhet, in which Hapi, the god of the Nile, blesses Egypt with a flood by the Nile River. The people here believe it is Hapi who gifts us with fertile soil throughout the months Tekh to Ka-Hr-Ka, or what I call June to September.
In this civilization, they believe more in their gods, than the logical rules of science. They worship their gods in temples, which are run by priests, but are not open to the public. Instead, these temples are sealed off from the outside world. I have learned that the only time the temples are opened to the public is during special occasions; people can only use small statues in their home when they worship. Dalila …show more content…
A hieroglyphic represents a word, a sound, or a silent determinative, but, the same symbol can serve different purposes in different contexts. There are over a hundred different hieroglyphics, and I’m still learning how to read them all with the help of Chibale, but the fact that they are written in columns as well as rows is not helping any, even if they are read from right to left. My favorite writing to read when I’m not studying hieroglyphics is hieratic, a cursive script scribes use pretty often in their daily work. I’ve been told it’s quicker and easier to use then hieroglyphics and it's read right to left in a horizontal