This Egyptian “alphabet” was made up of about 800 ___________-symbols called Hieroglyphics .

The word Hieroglyphics means “___________ writing” and the Egyptians believed that they conveyed the words of the gods.

Hieroglyphics also helped to ____________ the memory of deceased people.

The Hieroglyphics writing system was created to help ______________ keep track of government records, taxes and the passage of time.

Papyrus is the earliest form of paper and was made from the papyrus _________ that grew in the Nile.

The reeds would be crisscrossed and ___________ down to a paper-like thickness.

Only Scribes could read or write _______________, they were the Pharaoh’s record keepers and were very Educated in reading, writing & math.

Much like in Mesopotamia, scribes were highly respected and only boys could become ____________.

Scribes started training at the age of 10 and wrote on rolls of _____________.

Hieratic: The form of script writing that the ___________ people of Egypt used.

Eventually, the responsibility of reading & interpreting the HIEROGLYPHS fell to the __________.

True or False-Even SCRIBES lost the ability to read the ancient symbols.

By _______ AD, no one could read the HIEROGLYPHS anymore.

The ____________ Stone was the key that unlocked the mysteries of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

True or False-Napoleon's troops discovered the Rosetta Stone in 1999.

The inscription on the Rosetta Stone is written on the stone three times, once in _______________, once in hieratic, and once in Greek.

Jean Francois Champollion, a French Egyptologist, _______________ the hieroglyphic and hieratic texts by comparing them with the known Greek text.