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Ancient Hierglyphics

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Hieroglyphics were written on tablets and temple walls, but they were also written on papyrus reed. The reeds were flattened, dried, and stuck together to make pages.

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Hieroglyphics has impacted our language now because they were one of the earliest forms of language. It created an alphabet that we have been able to translate into our own.

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The word ‘Hieroglyph’ is actually made from two Greek words: ‘hieros’ which means holy, and ‘glyphe’ which means writing. So hieroglyph means ‘holy writing’

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Club, Young Archaeologists'. "Fun Facts: Hierolglyphs - Archaeology for You." Young Archaeologists' Club - Archaeology for You. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2017.

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The Rosetta Stone, found in 1799 by French soldiers, was the key to help work out how to read hieroglyphs

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Dorman, Peter F., and Hellmut Brunner. "Hieroglyphic Writing." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 Nov. 2014. Web. 20 Jan. 2017.

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This is the number system for Hieroglyphics.

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The name hieroglyphic (from the Greek word for “sacred carving”)

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Revolvy, LLC. ""Hieroglyphic" on Revolvy.com." All Revolvy Quizzes. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

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Egyptian hieroglyphs developed into a mature writing system used for monumental inscription in the classical language of the Middle Kingdom period;

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Use of hieroglyphic writing arises from proto-literate symbol systems in the Early Bronze Age,

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Some hieroglyphics are written and look so discombobulated

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Egyptian hieroglyphs ( ) were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt. It combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with a total of some 1,000 distinct characters. Cursive hieroglyphs were used for religious literature on papyrus and wood. The later hieratic and demotic Egyptian scripts were derived from hieroglyphic writing; Meroitic was a late derivation from demotic.

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Https://www.facebook.com/DiscoveringAncientEgypt. "Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet."Discovering Ancient Egypt. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

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1.  Alphabetic signs represent a single sound. Unfortunately the Egyptians took most vowels for granted and did not represent such as ‘e’ or ‘v’. So we may never know how the words were formed.

2. Syllabic signs represent a combination of two or three consonants.

3. Word-signs are pictures of objects used as the words for those objects. they are followed by an upright stroke, to indicate that the word is complete in one sign.

4. A determinative is a picture of an object which helps the reader. For example; if a word expressed an abstract idea, a picture of a roll of papyrus tied up and sealed was included to show that the meaning of the word could be expressed in writing although not pictorially.

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This is how the Hieroglyphics looks, pure symbols equaling letters

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It combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with a total of some 1,000 distinct characters

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"How to Eat Like a Caveman (the Real Kind)." Lou Schuler. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

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Animals you would see be drawn on cave walls

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There was a possibility they were used to connect people and be able to communicate

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The impact of this type of writing on our language is the basis of how we were able to communicate with others. The language we have created is similar to our language in a way that it was be shown and understood by the other language speakers. Now in someways of how our language has barriers is alike to these paintings. If you do not know what it means, it changes everything.

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During this time, Prehistoric era, everything was just coming together. Not even the alphabet was created. That is the significance of these paintings.

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During these times, they did not have the technology we have today. There was no Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat. This was their form of communication.

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Guitar.at.4812. "Lascaux Cave Paintings." Lascaux Cave Paintings. N.p., 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

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These were the tools they had to use because they did not have the same tools for art as we do today

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Ancient peoples decorated walls of protected caves with paint made from dirt or charcoal mixed with spit or animal fat. In cave paintings, the pigments stuck to the wall partially because the pigment became trapped in the porous wall, and partially because the binding media (the spit or fat) dried and adhered the pigment to the wall.

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"Prehistory." Pigments through the Ages - Prehistory. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

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"Why Did Prehistoric People Make Cave Art?" Filthy Monkey Men. N.p., 08 Apr. 2016. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

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There has been many ideas of what people believe that the purpose of the cave painting were for. The top three theories are:

1. They were created for leisure

2. They were created because of a form of ritual

3. They were created to show their life to others or write down things they had seen/found interesting

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Coliboaia Cave. Bihor, Romania. Dated to 30,000 B.C.

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The most common themes in European cave paintings are large wild animals, such as bison, horses, aurochs, and deer, and tracings of human hands [which was said to be the signature of the artist who painted it] as well as abstract patterns.

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Mott, Jo Marchant Justin. "A Journey to the Oldest Cave Paintings in the World."Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

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Have been found in Europe, Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia.

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"Cave Paintings." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

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Cave paintings can date up to prehistoric times

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Chauvet Cave. Ardeche, France. Dated to: 30,000 to 28,000 B.C.