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It is very difficult to develop a writing system. At the time the Ancient Egyptians first used writing, nobody had thought of giving one symbol to each sound in the alphabet. They thought they needed a different symbol for each word. When that became too complicated, they used a combination of word-symbols and sound-symbols.
Their way of writing looks unnecessarily complicated to us, but it was an advanced and practical system under the circumstances. English is also an unnecessarily complicated writing system. We have 43 sounds represented by only 26 letters, and we don't even allocate those sounds consistently!
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How did the ancient egypitans use math?
The ancient Egyptians use math by addition subtraction multiption and divion
How did ancient use geometry?
A great example of how ancient Egyptians used geometry is in the building of pyramids.
How did ancient Egyptians use ropes with knots to measure?
Right angles
Did ancient Egyptians use the Pythagorean Theorem?
yes they did, especially in building there infrastructure
How did ancient Egyptians use geometry?
Geometry was used in wall or cave paintings they made and found inn everyday objects.
How do you use the word hieroglyphics in a sentence?
The ancient Egyptian civilization used hieroglyphics as their writing system, which consisted of various symbols and images to convey meaning. Today, archaeologists and scholars study hieroglyphics to better understand the culture and history of ancient Egypt.
What type of writing did the Egyptians use?
The ancient Egyptians writing is called: Hieroglyphics.
How long did ancient Egyptians use hieroglyphics for?
3,500 years
Why did ancient Egyptians use hieroglyphics?
Because it was their written language.
Did kush and Egypt both use hieroglyphics?
Recent discoveries of ancient writings found that the Kush did use hieroglyphics. Their style of hieroglyphics was very similar to that of the ancient Egyptians.
What symbols does Egypt use?
Ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics as their alphabet.
Why did the Chinese use hieroglyphics?
No, but they used something similar to it though.
A system of picture writing used by ancient egyptians?
The ancient Egyptians used a form of picture writing known as hieroglyphics.
What style of writing did ancient Egypt use?
Ancient Egyptians used hierglyphics, so Ancient Egyptians in Giza would also use hierglyphics.
Did the Sumerians and ancient Egyptians write in hieroglyphics?
yes the egyptians used hieroglyphics but im not sure about the sumerians.
How did ancient Egyptians learn school?
hieroglyphics
Who wrote hieroglyphics first?
ancient egyptians
