HIEROGLYPHICS
This was there main source of communicating.
HIEROGLYPHICS AND HOW THEY WERE USED
IN ANCIENT EGYPT HIEROGLYPHICS WERE USED TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH WRITING.THIS PARTICULAR TYPE WAS USED BY THE PHARAOHS. HIEROGLYPHICS ARE SYMBOLS THEY COULD BE HUMANS,ANIMALS,OR RANDOM DRAWINGS.
HIEROGLYPHICS
Ancient Egyptian writing uses more than 2,000 hieroglyphic characters. Each hieroglyph represents a common object in ancient Egypt. Hieroglyphs could represent the sound of the object or they could represent an idea associated with the object.A modern type of hieroglyphic writings would be a rebus. A rebus is a picture puzzle that can be "sounded out" by reading the sounds symbolized by the pictures. Alphabet characters were the basis for hieroglyphic writings. The basic hieroglyph characters are refered to as the ALPHABET. They 'spell out' names or anything which can't be represented by other characters. The alphabet characters are read as the sound of the object they represented.Alphabet characters were the basis for hieroglyphic writings. The basic hieroglyph characters are refered to as the ALPHABET. They 'spell out' names or anything which can't be represented by other characters. The alphabet characters are read as the sound of the object they represented.Determinatives don't represent sounds. The meanings they imply help eliminate confusion by putting the writings in proper context. These special characters clarify a statement by carrying a distinct meaning. The appearance of a determinative put the writing in context based on its meaning. Just like every written language, hieroglyphic writings needed conventions to keep writings consistent and readable. For instance English is always read left to right. Hieroglyphic writing was written in columns or rows. Reading direction is determined by the direction that human and animal figures faced. Reading starts from the direction that figures face and continues in the opposite direction.