Hieroglyphics

Egyptian Hieroglyphics

2023-2024

PART #1

Picture Puzzles

Multiple Choice

Solve this picture puzzle

• Eye bug green you

• I believe you

• Eye beegreen you

• See believe you

Multiple Choice

Solve this picture puzzle

• Foot Key Oh Japan

• Foot Keyoh Jametal

• Toe Keyoh Jacook

• Tokyo Japan

Ancient Picture Puzzles

Hieroglyphic writing was based on the same principals as the modern picture puzzle, but the ancient Egyptians took it to a new level by making it a formal written language.

PART #2

Alphabet

Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics are just like ancient picture puzzles. The symbols could represent the sound of an object or an idea associated with an object.

Vowels

• Vowels were usually left out when writing

• There were a few exceptions. For example when a word began or ended with a vowel sound or with names.

Spoken Language

• Vowels existed in the spoken language but not in the written language.

• A modern example of words written without vowels would be abbreviations. 

Multiple Choice

Say this abbreviation out loud :

"mtn"

What word does it sound like?

• moving

• maintain

• mountain

• moon

Multiple Choice

Say this abbreviation out loud :

"blvd"

What word does it sound like?

• boulevard

• building

• blood

• blurred

PART #3

Reading Direction

How to Read

English vs Hieroglyphics

Left to Right

• Look at the direction that both the human and animal are facing

• If they both face left you start reading on the left and go to the right

Right to Left

• Look at the direction that both the human and animal are facing

• If they both face right you start reading on the right and go to the left

Rows and Columns

Regardless of reading direction hieroglyphics could be written in rows or columns

Multiple Select

In which direction(s) did the ancient Egyptians read hieroglyphics?

✳️ Select all that apply ✳️

• Left to right

• Right to left

Multiple Choice

How did the Egyptians know the direction in which they should read hieroglyphics?

• They used trial by error

• They looked at the direction that human an animal symbols faced

• They always read from left to right

• They always read from right to left

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Hieroglyphics could be written in rows and columns.

• TRUE

• FALSE