Hieroglyphics can be pictures of living creatures, objects used in daily life or symbols. You can’t exactly match our alphabet to hieroglyphics, because they are two very different languages, but historians have come up with a simplified translation of our letters and Egyptian hieroglyphs. The ancient Egyptians believed that writing was invented by the god Thoth and called their hieroglyphic script 'mdju netjer' ('words of the gods').
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The Egyptian symbol for a mouth can mean mouth but it’s usually read as the sound “r”. Obtain a visual chart of the Egyptian hieroglyphic alphabet. In Egyptian, the owl stands for the sound “m”. Most of the pictures can stand for the object they represent, but usually they stand for sounds. That’s why pharaohs’ names were written in hieroglyphics in their tombs! If someone’s name was remembered then he or she would survive in the afterlife. The Egyptians believed there was great power in a name. That the Gosford Glyphs are so close to the sacred Durramullan site suggests an agreement between the first Australians and people from a distant continent.
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“Hiero” means “holy” and “glyphics” means “marks” or “writings” – so the word means “ holy writings“. We believe the glyphs and other Egyptian remains found ‘within two hours of Sydney’ bear testimony to a spiritual sabbatical to the place where Egyptian religion and culture began. Learn about how Egyptian writing works and what it all represents, plus find out how to spell your name in hieroglyphics – cool!Īlthough hieroglyphics are Egyptian, the word hieroglyphics is Greek. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were one of the hardest of Egypt’s mysteries to uncover! Check out our fascinating facts about hieroglyphics…