Hieroglyphs were an ancient Egyptian writing system used from around 3300 BC to 394 AD. There were three main types - hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic. Hieroglyphs were carved in stone, wood, or written with ink on papyrus and were reserved for royal monuments, temples, and tombs partly due to their symbolic meaning.

1. The hieroglyphs

2. What are they?
Are writing systems invented
by the ancient Egyptians.
Was used from the
predynastic until the fourth
century.

3. Three basic types of writing:
Hieroglyphic, hieratic and
demotic; last the letter
corresponds to the late
period of egypt. .

4. When it began to use?
Began to be used toward 3300.
b.C.,
at about the same time that arose
in Mesopotamia cuneiform. It was
used for over 3600 years, since the
last known inscription is recorded
on 24 August 394 and is in the
temple of Philae.

5. Were carved in:
The hieroglyphs were carved
in stone and wood, or, in the
case of hieratic and demotic
writing with pen and ink on
papyrus, ostraca, or less
durable media.

6. As were reserved:
Hieroglyphic writing was reserved for the
royal monuments, temples, palaces, tombs,
jewelry, furniture court, amulets, etc.., For
reasons not only aesthetic, but also for its
symbolic and magical, then record the name
of a person in hieroglyphic implied that
making a mistake in writing it or the fact
damage, could influence the person referred
hieroglyph said.

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8. Realizado por los alumno/as:
- Águeda Mesa Lozano.
- Luis Helices Arcila.
- Mª Luisa Díaz Vázquez.
- Yesenia Peinado Rosado.