Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics were used by the ancient Egyptians from as early as 3000 B.C. Hieroglyphics were a very complicated way of writing involving thousands of symbols. Some of the symbols represented sounds and others represented entire words.
What Are Hieroglyphics?
Activity 1:
Click on the image below to learn more about hieroglyphics. Can you decipher the words?
Click on the image below to learn more about hieroglyphics. Can you decipher the words?
Activity 2:
Look at the hieroglyphics chart below. Use the chart to help you write your name in hieroglyphics. Take a photo of your name using an ipad. Email your image to Miss M.
Look at the hieroglyphics chart below. Use the chart to help you write your name in hieroglyphics. Take a photo of your name using an ipad. Email your image to Miss M.
Activity 3:
Click on the image below to access the Heiro-Writer. Write a secret message in hieroglyphics. Print your secret message and give it to a buddy to decode.
Click on the image below to access the Heiro-Writer. Write a secret message in hieroglyphics. Print your secret message and give it to a buddy to decode.
Ancient Egyptian Mathematics
The Egyptians had a decimal system using seven different symbols:
Reading Numbers |
The conventions for reading and writing numbers is quite simple; the higher number is always written in front of the lower number and where there is more than one row of numbers the reader should start at the top.
Use the number chart to decipher the numbers below:
Use the number chart to decipher the numbers below:
Can you solve this ancient Egyptian maths problem? Email your answer to Miss M.
Hieroglyphics Quiz
View the websites below and read the information presented.
http://www.ngkids.co.uk/did-you-know/Hieroglyphics-uncovered
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egyptian_hieroglyphics.php
Take the quiz. Print your results and give them to Miss M.
http://www.ngkids.co.uk/did-you-know/Hieroglyphics-uncovered
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egyptian_hieroglyphics.php
Take the quiz. Print your results and give them to Miss M.