GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Hieroglyphs. The ancient Egyptians used the distinctive script known today as hieroglyphs (Greek for “sacred words") for almost 4, 000 years. Hieroglyphs were written on papyrus, carved in stone on tomb and temple walls, and used to decorate many objects of cultic and daily life use.

Detailed explanation-2: -Like cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs were used for record-keeping, but also for monumental display dedicated to royalty and deities. The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek hieros ‘sacred’ and gluptien ‘carved in stone’. The last known hieroglyph inscription was 394 C.E.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alphabetic signs represent a single sound. Syllabic signs represent a combination of two or three consonants. Word-signs are pictures of objects used as the words for those objects. A determinative is a picture of an object which helps the reader.