Saturday, April 25, 2009
The Egyption Language and Hieroglyphics
Just the other day, I was having a very deep conversation with my fiance about Egyptian Hieroglyphics and how they can communicate messages, or rather codes into the past.
The background behind the Egyptian language is quit fascinating,dating back to 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Not only that, but the language was grouped into certain divisions that I was never really aware of.
I should say I have my work cut out for me if I'm planning on learning all of these Egyptian languages and Hieroglyphics, which I do plan on doing.
I figure the best way for me to bond with any structure that I dig up or discover is to understand why it was the way that is was.
Scholars group the Egyptian language into 6 major chronological divisions:
- Archaic Egyptian (before 2600 BC, the language of the Early Dynastic Period)
- Old Egyptian (2600 BC – 2000 BC, the language of the Old Kingdom)
- Middle Egyptian (2000 BC – 1300 BC, Middle Kingdom up to the Amarna period; continued in use as a literary language into the 4th century AD)
- Late Egyptian (1300 BC – 700 BC, Amarna period through the Third Intermediate Period)
- Demotic (7th century BC – 5th century AD, Late Period through Roman times)
- Coptic (1st century AD – 17th century AD, early Roman times to early modern times)
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2 comments:
Wow, you have a fascinating blog here, I'm glad you stopped by mine also. A friend of yours (maybe your fiance?) sent me your springs post on StumbleUpon and I loved it. Now I see you have posts on many traditions that fascinate me - Ancient Egypt, Greece, the Druids, as well as natural wonders. I will come back and read more...
Dropping by on several accounts. First to drop via EC, secondly made my way here, recognized the name of your blog right after joining, installing, the travel widget thing. Hoping you can answer some questions for me, as this is all very new to me and I'm not real tech savy. I see we each have a number, indicates when we joined which member we are and where on the widget slide we appear. I can't go beyond the first 20 on the widget from my page. Shouldn't I be able to view all? In order to visit some of the pages beyond just the first 20 that joined? Could you take a look and see if I'm not doing something right? Does the rotation on the widget change so that a different group of 20 show up each time one views the page? How are the others seen?
Also, when given the option to add a picture I only had the option to add via an url, rather than something from my computer, so I just passed that by. Is that something I should change? Post a picture somewhere and get it via an url? I noticed the little picture that shows up on what I think is like a profile page is the badge I have that says I comment back. Does it automatically select whatever is in that portion of the blog to be visible?
I ask alot of questions, hope thats ok. I tend to learn that way. Looking at your page, it appears to me you have a good understanding of things, and thus...I thought I'd ask you.
Thanks in advance
Look forward to your visit, welcome mats always out.
Sandy
your settings only allow for the generic google ID thing so leaving my url here http://travelingsuitcase.blogspot.com/
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