Hieroglyphics

The Ancient Egyptians used a different kind of writing than we do. They made letters and words by drawing pictures called hieroglyphs. Some of the hieroglyphs represent letters, and other hieroglyphs represent sounds.  The Ancient Egyptian civilization was one of the first to use written language. They wrote on the insides of tombs, on pottery, and on paper called papyrus, which was made out of reeds woven together. We can learn a lot about their life by reading the stories that the pictures tell.

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