Daily Life- Writing and Education

Alekh Palakurthi

 

 

 

Hieroglyphics

• Hieroglyphics were very difficult to learn.
• The Rosetta stone was translated by a French man named Champollion.
• Hieroglyphics were the most important way of writing in Ancient Egypt.
• Champollion was not the only one that helped discover the secrets of the Rosetta stone. He had many people who helped, including a man named Thomas Young.

Student Life

• Students were taken from all forms and classes of society to learn.
• Students were severely punished if they were not willing to learn.
• They would be learning sometimes for very long times, sunrise to sunset even.

Scribal Work

• Scribes would do tasks for the Pharaoh like making tax records and keeping track of food records. They also kept census.
• Scribes earned respect and high financial rewards, for their work was highly respected.
• Scribes could usually write in most of the Ancient Egyptian ways.
• Famous scribes accomplished many things. Famous viziers were often scribes. Some scribes were even considered as gods.

Scribal Students

• Scribal students spent a long time learning the different writing styles in Egypt.
• They used tablets and papyrus.
• They eventually helped scribes to make their learning faster.

Citations:                                              

(Image). http://discoveringegypt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hiero1.jpg.9-16-15.Web

(Image). http://www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/writing/egypt/images/bo_whole.jpg .9-16-15.Web