Having Fun With Hieroglyphs

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Having Fun With Hieroglyphs

The Fun with Hieroglyphs stamp kit: a folder of rubber stamps, ink pad and guide book

Add a little excitement to the classroom with this stamp kit. Used kits can be purchased at a reduced price at Amazon as well as Barnes & Noble. Groups of two or three can send messages to other groups. I converted this package over to a Flash program with the help of Stephen Hustedde at South Mountain Community College.

Jean-François Champollion

Twenty-three years after the Rosetta Stone was unearthed in 1799 by Napoleon's expedition, Champollion became the first person in modern times to read ancient Egyptian.

Hieroglyphic Alphabet

Can you match these words with the correct hieroglyphs?

DirectionsUse the Hieroglyphic Code Breaker to figure out the clues above. Drag the yellow cards to the correct locations, then click How'd I Do?

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Can you figure out the English words from these hieroglyphs?

Use the Code Breaker, then click the boxes and pick the English word.

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Egyptians arranged the glyphs to make them look more attractive. If Frank were alive in ancient times he would not have written his name like this . . .

Frank would have pushed the glyphs together and written his name like this . . .

The above looks pretty and saves space. Hieroglyphs can be written vertically as well as horizontally. If a glyph is above another, always read the glyph on top first.

Can you read these names?
Mouse over and click each one.

Make Your Own Cartouche

Mouse over a glyph to see how to use it. Click it to add it to your cartouche.

Make Your Own Hieroglyphic

Directions: Mouse over the glyphs to see how to use the letters. Click a letter to compose your message in hieroglyphs.

Cartoon Hieroglyphs

At some point the Egyptians let their feelings and fears become part of the hieroglyphs. While making the glyphs of plants, animals, and other real things, the scribes let a little magic become part of the writing. To keep the birds from flying away, the scribes would remove their feet, as though that would keep them in place.

Other animals were killed so they would not harm the dead person in the afterlife. This is what they did to the cobra and horned viper.

Mouse over or click each glyph to see what the scribes did.