Written Evidence

Written Evidence
Contributions To Egyptology Modern understanding of Egyptian civilization is greatly enhanced because it is now possible to read its extensive religious and secular http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/contributions-to-egyptology.html
Egyptian Language and Writing The origin of the ancient Egyptian language and writing system is obscure because of its extreme antiquity. Fortunately, the development http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/egyptian-language-and-writing.html
Decipherment of Hieroglyphs As Christianity gradually spread through Egypt, knowledge of the ancient Egyptian language written in hieroglyphs, hieratic, and demotic http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/decipherment-of-hieroglyphs.html
The Art of Writing The idea of writing may have been introduced into Egypt from Mesopotamia (the “Land between Two Rivers” the Tigris and the http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/art-of-writing.html
Writing Materials Egyptian texts in hieroglyphs were inscribed on stone, wood, and papyrus and in hieratic and demotic, on papyrus, wood, leather, and http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/writing-materials.html
Libraries The Egyptians stored their papyri in several ways. Personal collections were kept in jars or boxes in the home. Some private libraries have been http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/libraries.html
Scribes One concept survived virtually intact from the Old Kingdom and was emphasized further in the New Kingdom: that the scribe the educated http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/scribes.html
Education The Egyptian system of education is not clearly defined in the papyri, but it seems that most children, boys and girls, whatever their social status http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/education.html
Ancient Egyptian Literature: Religious Most major advances in Egyptian civilization were first introduced to assist religion (particularly funerary practices) before they were applied to http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/ancient-egyptian-literature-religious.html
Ancient Egyptian Literature: Secular Egypt had a very old national literature that was not affected by any significant outside influences during its formative period. It promoted the http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/ancient-egyptian-literature-secular.html
Classical and Later Authors As a province of the Roman Empire, Egypt was a safe and interesting country to visit. Its ancient sites and civilization attracted many “tourists” http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/classical-and-later-authors.html
The Exact Sciences Mathematics served basically utilitarian purposes in Egypt and does not seem to have been regarded as a theoretical science. Only a few http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/exact-sciences.html
The Royal Titulary From the Old Kingdom onward, each king adopted a royal titulary that included five names. Certain aspects of the titulary emphasized features http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/royal-titulary.html