Demotic

These prominent figures kept business records, and wrote important documents for the kingdom. The first breakthrough we made in understanding hieroglyphics was finding the Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone is a declaration written in hieroglyphics, demotic (a simpler system of hieroglyphics designed later in the reign of the pharaohs for the common people) and Greek. We knew how to read Greek, so of course we could translate the hieroglyphics and…

past a lot of people has mistaking the Dissociative identity disorder often manifest as behaviors that appear as a spirit or other supernatural being has taken control of the person. In most case in the culture people think the DID victim as the demotic behavior or a victim of possession and usually send them church and priest to heal them. The first documented case of DID was in 1584. Even though it was not labeled as DID at that time, Jeanne Fery recorded her exorcism in detail. According to…

black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, about 35 miles north of Alexandria. The irregularly shaped stone contained fragments of passages written in three different scripts: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics and Egyptian demotic. The ancient Greek on the Rosetta Stone told archaeologists that it was inscribed by priests honoring the king of Egypt, Ptolemy V, in the second century B.C. More startlingly, the Greek passage announced that the three scripts were all of…

The ancient Egyptian legal system was based on common sense. The Egyptian goddess Maat was the goddess of justice, truth, balance, order, law and morality. Basically, the law followed the teachings of Maat, according to the priests, about what was right and wrong. No remains of written laws have been found. However, since the ancient Egyptians loved lists and wrote everything down they could, it would not surprise historians to learn they did write down some laws at least. Maat is sometimes in…

Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian societies were quite similar, using the same formats of religion, language, and government to develop their societies and become more advanced. First, their format of religion. Mesopotamians worshipped over 3,000 gods, just about one for every realm. For these gods, they built shrines called ziggurats that only priests could enter. They also had to keep them appeased at all times using their harvest. If their harvest went bad, it was seen as a message that the…

everything about it. His squadron discovered The Rosetta Stone which became the most valuable archaeological find in the history of mankind. The Rosetta stone is written in two languages; Egyptian and Greek and three writing systems; Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Greek. Since Greek is still knowledgeable at the time, the translation of The Rosetta Stone was possible. The deciphering of The Rosetta Stone was largely contributed by Thomas Young of England and Jean-François Champollion of France.…

Everything is gone, emptiness is all I feel and know. The room is cold, can it just swallow me now? Never before have I hurt so badly. He is so demotic. I need air, I cannot breathe. I am suffocating. Help me! Help me! Help me? Can anyone give me some happiness? In the rusty Chevy, we drove down the street. He was talking to me about the importance of life. I was so small I had to try to actually look out the windshield. I glanced up and saw the one person I wanted to see. Brian, my mom’s…

Ancient Egypt is known for the vast lands of intricate architecture, hieroglyphics, and fascinating culture. My paper will discuss how some of those traits derived from the Hellenistic kingdom of Egypt. From the beginning of Ptolemy’s I Rule – successor of Alexander the Great – in 323 BC until the death of the pharaoh, Cleopatra VII, we focus on the timeline of the phenomenal Ptolemaic Egypt. My research will identify the significant relationship between Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt through…

A faster writing was invented. It was demotic, appeared in Third Intermediate period around 700 BCE. Demotic consists of the most simplified signs derived from hieroglyphs and hieratic which became almost abstract symbols. This writing did not use pictographs or pictures at all. It was used when efficiency is needed rather…

Egypt, one of the greatest civilizations in the world is now just a memory. What we know about Egypt comes from their monuments that are still standing today, what they painted on the walls, what they documented, and what we are able to infer. We learned everything from what was left behind. Egypt is located in the Middle East next to the famous Nile river. Just like any civilization it learned to adapt to its surroundings. The sand soil was too unfertile to use, but the Egyptians found out…