CIVILIZATION
EGYPTIAN
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a writing system in which symbols or pictures represent objects, concepts, or sounds
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a stone that contained text in hieroglyphics, demotic script, and Greek, used by Jean Champollion to decipher hieroglyphics
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the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -hieroglyph, a character used in a system of pictorial writing, particularly that form used on ancient Egyptian monuments. Hieroglyphic symbols may represent the objects that they depict but usually stand for particular sounds or groups of sounds.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. Altogether there are over 700 different hieroglyphs, some of which represent sounds or syllables; others that serve as determinatives to clarify the meaning of a word.
Detailed explanation-3: -102-105). The simplest form of hieroglyphic writing is the logogram, which is an iconic sign of the object it represents. Examples of Egyptian logograms: Logograms can represent not only the exact object they depict, but also extensions of that image.