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Hieroglyphics
1. The word “Hieroglyphics” is called “sacred carving” in Greek language.
2. When the ancient Greeks arrived in Egypt, they saw carvings carved on tombs and temple walls.
3. Hieroglyphics were symbols that represented everyday life and objects.
4. When time went past, new signs and symbols were created that represented very familiar sounds.
5. Number hieroglyphics were developed to calculate mathematical problems.
Scribes
1. The scribe’s main tool was called a Kalamos, it was made from a six inch reed.
2. The end of the Kalamos was chewed by the scribe’s. The scribe’s chewed on the Kalamos so it will form into a brushlike tip.
3. It was believed that a scribe’s job was more similar to drawing and painting.
Papyrus
1. It was hardly a coincidence that the first examples of paper, called papyrus, was date from 3000 BC, the time when Egyptians began to write.
2. Papyrus, made from the plant papyrus, is a triangular - shaped reed that used to grow along the Nile River.
3. Although the earliest hieroglyphics were cut into stone monuments or inscribed onto clay tablets, both surfaces were hard to write on, heavy to transport, and difficult to store.
