How Did Ancient Egypt Use Hieroglyphs?

As an Egyptian student, a person would have to understand seven hundred symbols to be able to read and write. Only wealthy children in ancient Egypt were taught to read and write, and the language was kept complicated, so that they were the only ones that could understand hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphics are a very intricate writing system that was used in ancient Egypt thousands of years ago. It was very complex, used in specific situations, and was only mastered by scribes. There are many interesting hieroglyphic discoveries in history.

Ancient Egyptians had several thousand words, all made with a series of pictures. this type of writing was very complex and labor-intensive.(UkuleleCari) The Egyptians would write left to right, right to left,

Some people say that the Egyptians had books in the first dynasty 2950 BC.(Wimmer, 343) The Egyptians wrote right to left, which was the opposite of us because we write left to right, but it is quite common to write right to left in other languages such as in Hebrew and Arabic.(Wimmer 347-348) Egyptian mythology was passed down orally with no problem, but they needed a way to keep track of expenses and simple facts with trade more easily, so a written language became necessary.(Wimmer, 343) Text from everyday life tell us about the joys and sorrows of the Egyptian people.(Wimmer,

Christianity brought Greek letters to Egypt. Greek letters were used because they were easier to write than hieroglyphs, but they still used Egyptian letters for some sounds that were not known in the Greek language. This is the same language that they currently use in the Egyptian Christian church.(Wimmer, 343)

The Byzantine Empire banned hieroglyphs because they thought they were pagan, so hieroglyphs disappeared for centuries. (Wimmer, 343) When people first found hieroglyphs on mummies, statues, and monuments they thought that they were secret coded magical spells.(Manuelian, 29) The people responsible for making moving and storing scientific and religious items were associated with the temples and they called themselves house of life.(Wimmer,