Egytian+Hieroglyphs

=Egytian [|Hieroglyphs]= By: Charlie

Alphabet characters were the basis for hieroglyphic writings. The basic hieroglyph characters are refered to as the ALPHABET. They 'spell out' names or anything which can't be represented by other characters. The writing system used contained a combination of logographic, alphabetic, and ideographic elements. Many people worked on deciphering hieroglyphs over several hundred years, but the structure of the script was very hard to figure out. Ancient Egyptian writing uses more than 2,000 hieroglyphic characters. Each hieroglyph represents a common object in ancient Egypt. Hieroglyphs could represent the sound of the object or they could represent an idea associated with the object. There are also cartouches that were also used by the Egyptians. A cartouch is like a signiture. It showed their name in a "fancy" way.