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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Egytian Heiroglyphics and Heretic Writing

 We defined the word Heretic- The ancient Egyptian writing of abridged( Shortened) hieroglyphics used by priests

As a class we watched a small clip of how we came to know what the Hieroglyphics mean:
PBS - Pyramid - David Macaulay
https://youtu.be/CnHcG9oE9Ec?t=2948
49-52 min

Writing in Hieroglyphics   

1.  Write one sentence about what you know of Ancient Egypt. Translate it into hieroglyphics.
2.  Working with your assigned partner you will trade papers and decipher the hieroglyphics back into English.
3. When finished with your work and after showing me you will answer the following questions with your partner based on your experience in using the Egyptian writing system.

The Paper with the Hieroglyphics HERE

The Questions and the Reading to complete number three.

The Answers to the questions/ power point that we reviewed is HERE


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