Ancient Hieroglyphics

Ancient Egyptians used pictures called Hieroglyphics to express themselves. The name Hieroglyphics is based on the greek word for sacred carving. Hieroglyphics are one of the most complicated forms of writing. Since writing in hieroglyphics was so complicated, it took years of education. The egyptians normally wrote on stone, walls, and/or papyrus. Most ancient hieroglyphics date from the end of the 4th millennium BCE. Because of their shape they were difficult to draw. Also Hieroglyphics can be written any way up to down, left to right, and right to left. They didn’t even use punctuation, a single picture could stand for a whole word or letter.
There are three different classes of Egyptian hieroglyphics. Phonograms represent a specific sound.