What are Hieroglyphics?

Hieroglyphics are an ancient Text that is hard to spell and say. It is two Greek words meaning secret carving, it is a picture of some think familiar like a weapon or a syllable to a word. The Egyptians used them in tombs.


The name of these marks Hieroglyphics was given thousands of years ago in Egypt. They were found in temples and Palaces. Some of these buildings are still standing today, the marks can still be seen on them.


In 1799 a huge stone called Rosetta was discovered, Hieroglyphic writing was all over it but many language experts didn’t know what it meant. Luckily someone copied a more recent Egyptian language meaning on the bottom. Greek was also under the Egyptian writing which made it easier for a French expert to understand it.