Egyptian hieroglyphs are found on almost every object in Egyptian temples, tombs and wall decorations.. We have heard about hieroglyphs many times, but we did not have a detailed knowledge about them until we saw them.. Until the 19th century, the world actually did not know the meaning of these hieroglyphs, what they represented.. Until Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Egypt and found the Rosetta Stone.
Rosetta How was the Stone found?
Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Egypt with his army and 167 scholars/scientists in 1798 and brought the lost civilization to light. Rosetta Stone passed to the British after the British defeated Napoleon. Rosetta Stone has been exhibited in the British Museum since the early 1800s.
Rosetta Stone
3 different languages are written on the Rosetta stone. The bottom of the stone belongs to the ancient Greek language. After Alexander the Great took Egypt under his rule, he started to apply Greek Laws here.. That’s why the ancient Greek alphabet was used. It is the folk language in the middle of the stone.. The top is the scripture.
After the Rosetta stone was found, Jean François Champollion and Thomas Young scrambled to decode the hieroglyphs. it was Champollion.
Telled in Hieroglyphs
The shape circled in a square is called the cartridge, and inside it is the name of the king.
Hieroglyphs the pictorial representation of the journey to the afterlife.
It is the pictorial representation of rebirth, not death.
The life of the pharaohs is depicted on its eastern walls.
For the Egyptians, life is a preparation for death. King tombs are like tunnels leading to the afterlife. This is actually a valley of rebirth rather than a valley of death.
The people of Egypt believed that everything had to be perfect when the pharaohs were going to die.. They believed that the pharaohs would be with them in death as well as in life.. Therefore, tomb hieroglyphs had to be perfect.
Some important examples of hieroglyphs
Ankh : It is one of the ancient Egyptian symbols consisting of a small circle placed on the letter T.. It is possible to come across this symbol mostly in the hand of Isis.. Antkh literally means life. Symbolizing the union of man and woman in Ancient Egypt, it is also known as the key of the Nile.
Eye of Horus : Ancient Egyptian religion It has 2 different meanings and importance according to. The eye, which is symbolized as a symbol of conscience, symbolizes all the intentions of the person and the look that does not overlook every behavior throughout his life.. Eye that stays open for 24 hours. Another meaning is that it shows the unity of God in a mathematical dimension.
Cartridge: The cartridge sample of Tutmose III is on a column in the temple of Karnak.. It is an oval frame with a line around it showing the name of the ruler.
Ouroboros : The sign, which symbolizes a snake or dragon biting its own tail, symbolizes a snake that swallows its tail and creates itself.
Sphynx: It is a lion-shaped statue with its head in different animal figures (ram, human, bird). The most important and known sphinx in Egypt is the Great Sphinx of Giza on the Giza plateau.
Hen Ring: According to Egyptian belief, this shape with a striped ring is the literary ruling SummaryArticle NameEGYPTIAN hieroglyphsDescriptionEgyptian Hieroglyphs : Until the 19th century, the world did not know the meaning of these hieroglyphs. Until Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Egypt and found the Rosetta Stone.
