The Egyptian Hieroglyphics

The history of writing has been developing for over thousands of years, and this has not changed to this day. One of the earliest types of writings that was found was the Egyptian’s writing, commonly called hieroglyphics, as early as 3200 B.C. Since then, writing all over the world has evolved from the small images in Africa to many different styles that individuals witness today. From the basic letterings in America, Canada, Australia, and Europe to the advanced symbols in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, many of these languages have been altered from the original designs. Nowadays, there are visuals that are extremely similar to the previous styles and ways of the Egyptian hieroglyphics. These comparisons are illustrated in the miniature

Ancient Egyptians believed that writing was invented by their god Thoth, and they called their writing “mdju netjer,” which roughly translates to “words of the gods” (“Egypt”). However, they are more commonly known as “hieroglyphics” because of the word’s Greek origins. The word can be broken up into two phases; the first one being the latin root hieros, which means sacred, and the second is glypho, which translates to inscriptions. With a total of some 1,000 distinct characters, hieroglyphics combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements to write out complex messages and rituals. Hieroglyphic writing can be carbon dated from as early as 3300 B.C. and were used by the Egyptians for about 3,500 years (“Egypt”). While hieroglyphics have taken many forms over its years, it’s final form dates as far back as 2900 B.C., and stayed consistent in its style until 400 A.D., when it finally died out. This is the only style of writing which lasted as long as it had without changing: about 2,900 years! We typically find remains of hieroglyphics on papyrus, carved in stone on tomb and temple walls, and used to decorate many objects of cultic and daily life

He did not think that the seventy four images he had made after observing weather and people would come as far as it has. Emojis are very commonplace things today. Many young people use these emoticons to display emotions or actions daily and have become a crucial way to communicate with teens. Over the years emojis have slowly become part of our way of communication. After Shigetaka invented the first emoticons, a man by the name of Nicolas Loufrani saw the growth of the emojis and made his own “emoji dictionary.” This helped spur the growth of emojis even more. The biggest part that makes emojis so popular is Steve Jobs’ introduction of emojis to the iPhone to America. When Jobs traveled to Japan to market the new iPhone, he was denied approval due to the fact that his iPhone did not have the technology that the Japanese cell phones offered. However, a company named SoftBank told Jobs that as long as the next phone he proposed had emojis then they would sell his phones. That day, Steve Jobs went home and added emojis to on the next iPhone model. This introduction to emojis in America increased the growth and interest of emojis. This led to what emojis are today: a common way to communicate. In fact, emojis had gotten so popular the Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year in 2015 was the pictograph officially called the ‘Face with