Egyptian language was based very much
like how our languages are based today. They had both a spoken and a written form of
Ancient Egyptian. Though the spoken form has never been heard, and cannot possibly be
spoken just be reading their writing, we will probably never know how to speak ancient
Egyptian. Their writing, though, is very much decipherable. It is a series of symbols, and
shapes, all standing for a sound (such as an "e" in our language) and some are
symbols for people, places, or things. Below is a simple guide to the Egyptian heiroglyph
alphabet. |
