a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods: Osiris (the god of the underworld who was resurrected ...

This is the Rosetta Stone. It is made from granite and it has three sets of inscriptions carved into it: Demotic, Hieroglyphs and ancient Greek. The broken top and bottom edges suggest it was part ...

What were Egyptian hieroglyphs? The ancient Egyptians left behind written records on their buildings and on papyrus scrolls but how do we know what the writing means? What did the ancient ...