Then 14 dynasties later, they can still be found the same way. Another representation of a scribe that stayed the same in both cultures is they fact that they are both shown with full bellies. Both sculptures found it important that to sculpt a representation of a scribe they need to be shown having full bellies. Since they weren’t nearly as high in social status as the Pharaoh and his/her family, scribes had to be depicted another way. You can find statues of Pharaohs and the royal family standing straight, tall with stoic expressions, youthful faces and flat tummies.…
The first was hieroglyphic which was the writing used for important or religious forms. The second was demotic which was the common writing of Egypt. The third was Greek which was the language of the rulers of Egypt at that time. The Rosetta…
The idea of pyramids and honoring dead people of great importance spread through cultural diffusion, and many other civilizations took after the Egyptians and built pyramids or similar structures. The Egyptians were also very influential by means of language and writing. They had a system of writing that was one step better than the Cuneiform of the Sumerian people. Therefore more people could understand and the language was more widely used. When referred to Document 4, “These records were kept in hieroglyphics, a system of writing that was based on pictures.…
The Greeks adapted an alphabet adding vowel sounds. The Etruscans modified the Greek alphabet later used by the Romans. Sequoyah, a Cherokee Indian, created the Cherokee writing system using eighty five symbols. Writing was used to stratified societies by an elite force to maintain records and manage accounts. Hunter/gatherers did not ever developed writing.…
One major achievement that helped develop the Nile River Valley is the Egyptians had a written language called hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics was a writing system that uses symbols for words and ideas. They also used similar writing like pictograms, which represents pictures, and ideograms, which represent ideas. Also, some of the symbols they used represented different sounds, like letters. Another major achievement that helped develop the Nile River Valley is the Egyptians developed a calendar to tell when floods were coming.…
Aztec science developed their way into the Aztec society and life, helping with communication, education, and medicine as well. The Aztecs spoke the language Nahuatl, which is still used to today in some parts of Mexico. Instead of using the alphabet, they used pictures to communicate on paper, also known as symbols (glyphs or pictographs). They also used these pictographs as a way to store events and anything that happened for the future to know. Only the priests knew how to read and write, and when they did, they would write on long sheets made of animal skins or plant fibers.…
Although many single symbols were still used to write whole words or concepts, the symbol did not necessarily visually resemble the concept it represented. As Demotic writing gained popularity, it began to replace Hieratic writing in the administrative context, though Hieratic continued to be used in religious texts. Demotic writing was used until roughly 400 AD, when all three scripts began to fall from use in favor of the Coptic alphabet. 3. The Rosetta Stone; written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt.…
As the knowledge of writing became known to the majority of the population, it became the responsibility of the religious leaders to established schools and develop the curriculum. A simple form of writing for the Sumerians began with pictograms written on wet clay tablets with a sharpened reed. Eventually this form of writing became out-dated and the use of ideograms began which was more difficult because a different symbol was needed for each word. The next form developed was phonetic writing, similar to what is used…
Distance relationships, even those tied by blood, can be difficult to maintain and cultivate (Bangerter & Waldron, 2014). Before the internet proliferated into our everyday lives, the family communicated mostly through letters and the occasional phone call. These communication methods were few and far between. Even now with Facebook, Skype, etc., the family barely communicates. This is one unwritten guideline; it is ok this way, but if one calls or messages the other, it is as if they have had no break in communication.…
It was not till 2100- 1800 BCE that people began to learn how to read and write. Egyptian's economy began to sky rocket. Using what was geographically given to them, they used boats to transport goods down and up the river. Even so, they only connected with people within their…
She said that the characteristics of the ancient Egyptians are demonstrated by things that lasted for thousands of years such as basic machines and other simple things they used in their day to day life. They used the ramp and the lever during construction processes, and rose trusses to stiffen the beam of ships. Egyptian paper was made from papyrus and pottery was seen everywhere she went. Makinson got to see for herself egyptian hieroglyphs, a photogenic writing system, served as the basis for the Phoenician alphabet where later other alphabets were created. With this ability, writing and record keeping, the Egyptians developed one of the first decimal system.…
Egypt is “the gift of the Nile”, as the Greek historian Herodotus stated around 400 B.C. Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, along the Nile River. The Nile, the world’s longest river, provided fertile soil, irrigation for crops, and reeds called papyrus for Egypt. Egyptians started producing papyrus paper (also called papyrus) as early as 3000 BC. Papyrus paper was more convenient than clay tablets (people used to write on them before papyrus paper), because they were less breakable, and not as heavy. Paper was also used for many other things, because of it convenience.…
Long before books, phones, and emails the Egyptians came up with a brilliant way to track records and history. They designed their own paper called papyrus. Papyrus is made from a plant that grows by the Nile River in Egypt. It can grow up to fifteen feet high. They made papyrus into paper by removing the outside layer of the stem, then slicing the inside layer into long strips and placing them side by side with a second layer on top pointed at a right angle.…
Archaeologists and historians don't know exactly how Egyptian civilization evolved. The ancient Egyptian writing system, hieroglyphics, was advanced by 3100 B.C.E. The complex system included numbers and an alphabet as well as other symbols. Archaeologists and historians don't know exactly how Egyptian civilization evolved. It is believed that humans started living along the Nile's banks starting in about 6,000 B.C.E.…
Tutankhamun's mask The stunning, gold funeral mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamun is considered to be one of the most highly artistic, complex, and beautiful pieces of art crafted by the ancient Egyptians. Tutankhamun, or better known as “King Tut”, reigned from 1332-1323 BC. His name translates to “The living image of Aten.” He was considered to be an atrocious ruler, even at nine years old, unlike his father before him.…