The Use of Language in Egypt
Most often when people refer to the Ancient Egyptians, they
think of grand complex hieroglyphs and the Rosetta Stone- the real one,
not the computer program. In reality, there is much more to the language of the Ancient Egyptians than just hieroglyphs but they are what intrigues most people about the language of the Ancient Egyptians for many reasons. Hieroglyphs are unique in that they are read up and down, and
consist of pictorial script, as well as phonograms (sign-words for
concepts that cannot be conveyed by a picture) and rebuses (messages
spelled out in pictures that actually represent sounds). Meaning Sacred Carving, hieroglyphs were also meant to be carved into buildings and stone, not written, so what we are left with is many magnificent examples of this carved language.
