Reading Egyptian Hieroglyphics - In progress easy Handout for Classes Taught Online
Reading Egyptian Hieroglyphics By Sekhet Naneferenpet - Jenn H. Feel free to email or message me on FB with any questions. What you need to know: 1. Hieroglyphics are not a kind of picture writing and do not correspond with our alphabet. Their writing system contains phonetic images called phonograms. They are read as the sound of the object they represent. 2. The alphabetical element of the ancient writing system was combined with pictorial and symbolic elements. An understanding of all three elements, phonetic, pictorial and symbolic is necessary to translate Egyptian hieroglyphs – the alphabetical element is a great way to start. 3. They did not contain vowels such as E, I, O, U, but did use the letter A. Consonants used are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, W, Y, and Z. 4. L, O, V, X are not used. The letter L did not appear until the Ptolemaic Period with the lion symbol portraying it. 5. Direction of writing! Ancient hieroglyphics were written both vertical and horiz