Ancient Egypt: The written word

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    Hieroglyphics

1. Hieroglyphics is a Greek word for sacred carving
2. 1% of Ancient Egypt knew how to read or write
3. They mainly wrote on tombs and temple walls
4. There were more than 700 hieroglyphics used in Ancient Egypt
5. Hieroglyphic numbers were developed to calculate math problems.

     Scribes

     1. The scribe’s main tool was called kalamos

     2. Ascribes job was more similar to painting than writing

     3. Documents were only written in red or black

     4. Ancient scribes usually wrote standing or kneeling

     5. Not until 2000 BC they started doing desks

   Papyrus

1. Papyrus was the first example of paper
2. Papyrus was made out of a reed
3. In Egyptians Papyrus ment property of Pharaoh
4. Papyrus was made by ripping off the reeds outer skin
5. The papyrus was cut into a standard size, about 22 cm