Egyptians Early Writing System
Ancient writing system found in greece deciphered in 1953 7 katakana.
Egyptians early writing system. Cursive hieroglyphs were used for religious literature on papyrus and wood. Through the phoenician alphabet s major. Parts of the writing system used by the ancient egyptians. The earliest known examples of writing in egypt have been dated to 3 400 bc.
There is no evidence of early writings which describe non egyptian concepts. According to some scholars the concept of the written word was first developed in mesopotamia and came to egypt through trade. Hieroglyphs combined logographic syllabic and alphabetic elements with a total of some 1 000 distinct characters. Ancient egyptian writing is known as hieroglyphics sacred carvings and developed at some point prior to the early dynastic period c.
The latest dated inscription in hieroglyphs was made on the gate post of a temple at philae in 396 ad. A material made from the pith or the stems of the sedge used by the ancient egyptians greeks and romans especially to write or paint on. While there certainly was cross cultural exchange between the two regions egyptian hieroglyphics are completely egyptian in origin. The hieroglyphic script was used mainly for formal inscriptions on the walls of temples and tombs.