Ancient EgyptianHieroglyphics

Origins • 3100 B.C.

• Hieros “sacred” and Glypho “Carve”

• Consist of ideograms or phonograms

• Earliest WritingsIn Egypt

Demotic Form

• 7th century B.C.

• Faster

• More simpler system

• Used by ordinary people

Modern Day Egypt Ancient Egypt

Art Forms

• Relief Form

• Hierarchical Scale

Textbook

“Ancient Egypt” pg.78-104

“Hieroglyphs” pg 82-83

Works Cited

• Adams, Laurie Schneider. Art Across Time. 4th ed. Vol. 1. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.

The End

By: Timothy Medina

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