Writing and Culture

The Egyptians, together with the Mesopotamian inhabitants, were the first to use writing. Thanks to that, they produced a large amount of works of all kinds: literary, religious, scientific, and techincal.

They were important mathematicians and very capable physicians, experts in surgery and the treatments for different diseases.

Medical treatment

They also developed efficient embalming to conserve the dead bodies.

They created a form of writing called “Hieroglyphics”, whose symbols represented words and consonants. This Animation Goddess Bastet Source: Louvre Museum writing appeared frequently in the walss of tombs and temples, as well as on sculptures and sheets of papyrus. In some cases they attributed this to magic powers. The experts in this type of writing were the scribes, some of them were civil servants of the State. Thanks to the Rosetta Stone, a piece of engraved black granite, they could decipher the hieroglyphics. the French Champollion achieved this in 1822, thanks three types of writing appearing on said stone: hieroglyphics, demotics, and Greek, that made reference to the same text. As Greek was known, they could find out the contents of the other writings.

The Egyptian religion

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