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By Kathryn A. Bard
Kathryn Bard has authored the 1st historical past of old Egypt dependent totally on archaeological facts. She is easily certified to do that due to her significant contributions as an archaeologist to figuring out the improvement of the country in prehistoric Egypt and of Egyptian buying and selling kinfolk with sub-Saharan Africa, in addition to her enhancing of the hugely profitable Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of historical Egypt.
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1 Language of the Ancient Egyptians The ancient Egyptians spoke a language which is now called Egyptian. No one knows the correct pronunciation of this language, which in any event changed greatly over the course of several thousand years (as did the written language), and there were probably regional dialects and variations in pronunciation as well. The language is known only through its various written forms, the most formal of which is the pictorial script called hieroglyphic. ” Linguists classify languages by placing them in families of related languages, such as the Indo-European family, which includes English and many European and Asian languages.
These were the work of artisans who worked with scribes and/or literate artisans. Religious and mortuary texts were written and read by scribally trained priests, and scribes were needed for the construction and operation of temples. Legal proceedings, both local and national, were recorded by scribes. Wealthy private individuals needed scribes to administer their estates and to record documents such as wills and business transactions. 6 Textual Studies The decipherment of Egyptian opened the way to recovering an understanding of the Egyptian language in all of its stages and scripts.
14). His excavations of houses at Tell el-Amarna included that of the sculptor Thutmose, where the famous head of Queen Nefertiti was found. Trained first as an architect, Borchardt made important contributions to the study of ancient Egyptian architecture, both monumental and domestic. Undoubtedly the most famous archaeological discovery in Egypt in the 20th century is the tomb of Tutankhamen (see Box 8-B), uncovered by the British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874–1939). Carter was a skillful artist and first went to Egypt to copy Middle Kingdom tomb scenes at Beni Hasan.