2.  Developed own writing system  First used picture symbols to represent objects or sounds  EX: A picture of a house to represent house

3.  Later created hieroglyphics- a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols  Few Egyptians could read or write  Some went to schools to learn (like the Mesopotamians)

4.  Wrote or painted on papyrus  Carved hieroglyphics onto stone walls and monuments

5.  The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek).  When was the Rosetta Stone made?  The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C..  The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799.  The Rosetta Stone was found by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt.

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