Writing
These people were professional writers.
Scribes
Who was the top of the social class.
Pharaoh
What god ruled the Egyptian underworld
Osiris
What was the Rosetta Stone
A slab of rock with 3 different kinds of scripts
True Or False
The Nile River is the second longest river in the world.
False
First longest
Egyptian Writing developed sometime before ______ B.C
Egyptian Writing developed sometime before 3,000 B.C
Who was after the pharaoh in the social class.
Vizers
In the afterlife your heart would be measured with a _____.
n the afterlife your heart would be measured with a feather
When was the Rosetta stone discovered
1799
What was the name of the Egyptian measurement of the Nile.
Nilometer
Scribes were taught to ______ ________.
Scribes were taught to read and write.
Who was 3rd in the social class
Priests and Nobles
Which god measured your heart.
Anubis
Who discovered the Rosetta Stone
Pierre-François Bouchard
What plant made papyrus that grew along the Nile River.
Reeds
Egyptian writing was called ____________.
Hieroglyphs
Who was 4th in the social class
government officials
What was the name of the monster who would eat you if your heart was more than the feather.
Ammit
What were the scripts on the Rosetta Stone.
hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek.
What side were people buried on the Nile
West
Hieroglyphs meant "______________" or "________"
Hieroglyphs meant "Holy Writing" or "Sacred Symbol".
What three groups were last in the social class.
Craftsmen and Merchants
Farmers
Slaves
What was the name of the book taken to the afterlife.
The book of the dead.
How many years did it take to translate the Rosetta Stone.
30 Years
How long was the Nile River
4,132 miles long