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Ancient Egyptian Writing Why is there writing on the walls? What are scripts and what did they used them for? What are scribes and what are the duties?

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1 Ancient Egyptian Writing Why is there writing on the walls? What are scripts and what did they used them for? What are scribes and what are the duties? What does the writing on the walls mean? What places was writhing used?

2 There is writing on Egyptian walls because…. Their are spells that help the pharaohs get safely over to the after life. And some spells help the god stay goddess. Some times they make spells for the pharaoh’s army. And the walls could be use writing the pharaoh’s life before he died. And if the craftsmen can not make mistakes because the spell will not work.

3 Not everyone learned to read and write in ancient Egypt. Only one group of people called scribes was allowed to have this knowledge. Scribes are…. An ancient Egyptian person who learned to read and write hieroglyphs and hieratic. The scribes were the people who write on the walls.

4 Scripts are…. A group of signs and letters used to make words. Instead of paper Egyptians had scripts to write on. That is what paper is for Egyptians scripts. They can be used for other things. Like for art like making pictures and putting details on scorchers, and other art things.

5 Places that writing was…. Are on the walls of the Temples,walls around the pharaohs palaces and body work A.K.A tattoo. And Egyptians use Scripts to write the about the army and how is winning and who is losing and what more supplies they need to win. And letter to the pharaoh.

6 The writing on the walls means…. They are spells or rituals that help the people that get safely to the under world or to help them get healed from getting hurt or sick from some thing. That would help him or her get healed.


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