Storiascopio · Era 3 of 12 · primary year 4
Egyptian hieroglyphs
about 3200 BC · Abydos, Egypt
In short
In a king's tomb at Abydos, in Egypt, small bone and ivory labels have been found bearing some of the oldest known hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs mixed pictures standing for things with signs standing for sounds. The Egyptians carved them on temples and painted them in tombs; for everyday documents they used a quicker script. In 1822 the Frenchman Champollion managed to decipher them thanks to the Rosetta Stone.
Why it matters Thanks to hieroglyphs we can read what the Egyptians themselves told about their own lives.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Hieroglyph”
Where we are in the era “River civilisations”
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about 4000 BCEvent 3 of 25about 1200 BC
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
storiascopio.com/en/event/egyptian-hieroglyphs/ · free worksheet, you may photocopy it for your class