Writing, scribes & papyrus in Ancient Egypt

What was Ancient Egyptian writing called?

• Hieroglyphics
• phonogram
• ideogram
• pictures

How would you know which way to read Hieroglyphics?

• By looking at the directions of the symbols
• They always read them left to right
• They didn’t have a direction because they were pictures
• They were always read from top to bottom

Who discovered the Rosetta stone?

• Captain Pierre Bouchard
• Jean-Francois
• Thomas Young

What name helped them to decipher the Rosetta stone?

• Ptolmys

• Thomas Young

• Cartouche

• Greek

What language was not found on the Rosetta stone?

• French
• Greek
• Demotic
• Heiroglyphics

Who was the most famous scribe?

• Imhotep
• Ra
• Thomas Young
• Scribe

What colour would Titles or headings be written in?

• Red
• black
• blue
• white

The Ancient egyptians would write on paper made from:

• Papyrus
• skin
• stone
• rock

What was the plant called that they would use to make paper from?

• Cyprus papyrus
• Papyrus
• Figs
• Grapes

Why did papyrus survive in Egypt but not in any other country?

• Egypts climate was best suited to preserving it
• Egyptians were the only people who used papyrus
• Egyptians looked after the papyrus better
• Egyptians would place the papyrus in a museum