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Heiroglyphs

Published on Mar 16, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HEIROGLYPHS

EGYPTIAN WRITING

THERE WERE THREE TYPES OF HEIROGLYPHS

SEKH SHAT, HIERATIC, AND TRADITIONAL HIEROGLYPHS

HIEROGLYPHS WERE VERY INTRICATE

THEY WERE ONLY USED IN TEMPLES
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HIERATIC WAS A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF HIEROGLYPHS

IT WAS THE COMMON WRITTEN LANGUAGE OF EGYPT... FOR A WHILE
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SEKH SHAT WAS A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF HIERATIC

AFTER THE DOWNFALL OF HIERATIC, THIS BECAME THE COMMON LANGUAGE

THERE WERE TONS OF FALSE TRANSLATION SYSTEMS FOR HIEROGLYPHS

MOST LIKELY SEVERAL CENTURIES' WORTH OF THEM!
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THE ROSETTA STONE WAS KEY IN TRANSLATING HIEROGLYPHS

PRETTY OBVIOUS, ISN'T IT?
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