Wednesday, February 25, 2015


  • Pharaoh were all powerful
  • Egyptians relied on a harmony and balance of the universe which they called "mat"
  • Gods were often portrayed with animal heads or bodies
  • Egyptians believed in an after life and mummified bodies to preserve them for this post-death journey
  • The writing of the words of God
  • Earliest Egyptian Writing formed @ 3000 B.C and were small pictures known as hieroglyphics 
  • Hieroglyphics represented religious words, or part of words, and most commonly adorned temples
  • Hieratic script was a shorthand developed by scribes and priest
  • Hieratic script was usually written in ink on papyrus, which was made from mashed Nile reeds

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