Hieratic
Page Strong | May 26, 2010
Though often considered a derivative of hieroglyphs, the hieratic script actually evolved fairly contemporaneously with hieroglyphs.
Hieroglyphs: Ideograms
Page Strong | March 10, 2010
Ideograms are much the same as determinatives. In fact, many determinatives can be used as ideograms, standing alone to represent an entire word.
Hieroglyphs: Determinatives
Page Strong | March 3, 2010
Very simply, determinatives give meaning to the preceding word. For example, the word for “bird” is followed by the image of a bird.
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Phonograms
Page Strong | February 24, 2010
Phonograms are made up of three types of hieroglyphs: uniliteral, biliteral and triliteral.
The Beginnings of Understanding Hieroglyphs Part 2
Page Strong | June 5, 2009
It wasn’t until another invader came to Egypt nearly 1300 years after the hieroglyphs’ meanings were forgotten that the clues to unlock their secrets came together. Napoleon saw Egypt as another conquest, but he also saw it’s uniqueness and brought with his army a deluge of scientists to study and document the country. Napoleon’s interest in all aspects of Egypt resulted in the extremely thorough Le description de l’Egypte, The Description of Egypt.
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