chapter 3, section 4. hieroglyphics – writing made up of pictures or symbols
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Chapter 3, Section 4
Ancient Egyptian Culture
Writing in Ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphics – writing made up of pictures or symbols
• Pictures stand
for ideas or
things
• Some pictures
stand for
sounds
• Became more
complicated as
time went on
Hieroglyphs
Papyrus and the Rosetta Stone
Wrote on papyrus instead of clay
Meaning of hieroglyphs lost for almost 1400 years
Rosetta Stone found in 1799 – 3 different languages on it
Rosetta Stone = key to understanding Egyptian culture
Science and MedicineScience
• Needed to predict floods• Astronomers noticed the Nile would rise about the same time Sirius would appear• Sirius = the Dog Star • Worked out the average time between appearances of Sirius led to 365 day calendar
Math
• Could add, subtract, multiply, divide• Knew geometry• Math helped Egyptians create the pyramids
Sirius = The Dog Star
Medicine Doctors =
specially trained priests
Knew a lot about the body because of mummification process
Understood herbalism
Greeks and Romans used Egyptian medicinal practices