Egyptian Hieroglyphic writing

Egyptian Hieroglyphic language

Egyptian hieroglyphics language are images used as signs in writing. These images reflect drawings of living creatures or parts of living creatures or objects. 

The ancient Egyptian, when he thought to record events, nature was the source of inspiration for him, including natural phenomena and living things, so he thought to transfer some of nature and surrounding environment to use the image of the meanings he wants to express, Which means expressing its image.

 If a person is drawn, he means to express the human, as well as the members of the human body, or animal and its members, as well as birds, reptiles insects, and then there are trees, plants, mountains, seas and rivers.

However, the Egyptian hieroglyphics words already written in this way are very few. Instead, Egyptian hieroglyphic symbols have also been used to express the sounds of words in the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics language, just as in current languages such as Arabic, English, etc. 

They are letters that make up the sounds of words, and Egyptian hieroglyphics are signs that form the voices of words.

This is the common usage among the scholars of Egyptology, which is the Latinization of the sounds of hieroglyphic words.

 This method is a good system from the beginning and we encourage the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics language learners to use this translation when reading the ancient Egyptian language.

The strange thing about this method is that Egyptian hieroglyphics did not write down the vowel letters (a, e, i, o, u) as in some Semitic languages that use only consonants. Although this sounds strange to the study of European languages such as English, French, and German, the reader will get used to it easily. 

In any case, scholars are familiar with the use of fractions to separate consonants in the Egyptian hieroglyphics language by not knowing the exact pronunciation.

The marks used in the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics writing, in terms of use, are divided into two main types:

“Indicograms”: the signs that indicate the meaning of the word, there are languages still rely on this method of graphic writing in Chinese writing. Some modern expression methods still use this method like “♥” as love.

“Phonograms”: They are signs that indicate a particular sound in the word such as the letters in the current languages. If they differ in their diversity, they are divided into the following types:

 Unilateral signs, Bilateral signs, Trilateral signs

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Nefertiti Queen – The most beautiful woman in the world

Nefertiti Queen

Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen known for her beauty. It is known that Nefertiti had an elegant beauty and had a great Iconic statue a symbol of many modern cosmetic lines. Many communities around the world adopted Queen Nefertiti as a symbol of true beauty, some historians have declared that she was the most beautiful woman in the whole world.
Queen Nefertiti was the wife of King Amenhotep IV, Akhenaten, a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty who is also King Tutankhamen’ mother-in-law. She lived in the 14th century BC. Nefertiti is one of the most powerful and famous women in ancient Egypt. Nefertiti name means “the beauty has come”, She had a great place in the era of her husband, after her husband’s death she lived only a short time. after her death, She was mutilated and erased from history the same as her husband after his death.

 

Nefertiti Queen

Queen Nefertiti loved her husband Amenhotep IV, she was always supportive of him. She was the first to believe in her new husband goodness, the God Aton, whose strength lies in the sun. The great evidence of her full faith in her new religion is changing her name to “Nefernfratone Nefertiti” to fit her new religion, this name means ” Aton shine again because the beautiful has come”, in addition to supporting him in the worship of the new God, she also has supported him in all aspects of life, as she helped him in the administrative, religious and social reforms that he had performed on his era. She supplied him with help and advice, and show up with him in all celebrations and religious’ rites. She participated in the celebrations that were held after their victory over the enemies.

 

Nefertiti Queen

Whatever it said about her, there is one thing that is true, that she is still famous for her iconic beauty even after her death and during her life as queen. Nefertiti was one of the most obscure and powerful women in ancient Egypt, Nefertiti Queen and Akhenaten were sides by side in the period 1353 -1336 BC, and may be had ruled the modern state after the death of her husband. Historians wrote that her era characterized of enormous cultural upheaval, especially because of the orientation of Akhenaten religious and political structure in Egypt towards the worship of the sun god Aton, it is known that Nefertiti had a statue of a sandstone, which was discovered in 1913 and became a world symbol of beauty and feminine power.

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The Eye of Horus – Ancient Egypt Symbol 2

The eye of Horus, the Eye of Ra or the Eye of Horus is the most famous symbol of entire Egyptian kingdom right from the Old civilization to the Modern Age. This symbol is the sole possession of well-known deities of Horus and Ra.

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The Eye of God, the Eye of Ra o, the Eye of Horus. The Eye of Horus was an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph and its icon is depicted in art, artifacts, relics. Examples of the icon can be found in the tombs, temples and manuscripts of the ancient Egyptians. The following picture depicts a gold and glass pectoral amulet that was discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamen. It depicts the Eye of Horus flanked by the cobra goddess representing Lower Egypt and the vulture goddess representing Upper Egypt.

The symbol was used as a protective amulet and believed to have the power of healing power. According to Egyptian Mythology Horus lost his left eye in his war with Set who tore the eye into six pieces. Thoth, the god of wisdom and magic, was able to reassemble the eye and returned it to Horus.

Horus gave the reassembled eye to his murdered father Osiris, thereby bringing him back to life. The symbol therefore represents the power of healing and was capable of bringing the dead to life, as it did with Osiris. The ancient Egyptians used the eye as a funerary amulet for protection against evil and to guide their rebirth in the underworld.

The most common use of the eye of Horus is protection. This symbol is and was often worn by rulers of the land to help ward off evil spirits as well as enemies who might want to harm the lands over which they ruled.  It was also found in wall paintings and in hieroglyphics.  In modern times, people who wear talismans or use images of the Widget in their home may be using this symbol to help improve their safety and their security in life – whether physically or emotionally. Some sailors continue to use this symbol on the front of their boats and ships to help ensure safe passage through troubled waters.

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Tutankhamun’s mask

Tutankhamun’s mask,  funerary mask of Tutankhamun

 , قناع توت عنخ امون

 

 

King Tut Ankh Amun was one of the kings of the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom of the Pharaonic period. He was the ruler of Egypt from 1334 till 1325 BC. He became the king of Egypt when he was only 9 years old. The word “Tut Ankh Amun” in the ancient Egyptian language means “the living incarnation of  Amun the god”, one of the most important god in ancient Egypt history.

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Tut Ankh Amun lived in a transitory period of the ancient Egyptian history as he became the ruler of Egypt after Akhenaton who tried to unify the multi gods system in Egypt into the worship of only one god, Aton, the god of Sun. However, when Akhenaton passed away and Tut Ankh Amun became his successor, the multi gods system became prominent in Egypt once again.

King Tut Ankh Amun became one of the most famous Pharaohs throughout history because :
first: it is not because of any achievements he has done, but because of many other several reasons especially the discovery of his tomb in 1922 and that all the items and the treasures of his tomb were found intact and untouched in contrary to all the other Pharaohs of Egypt.

second: the King Tut Ankh Amun was his death in an early age, an incident that many historians find to be strange especially after checking out his mummy and finding out there were some cuts fractures in his skull.

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Egyptian Symbols episode -4- Lotus

( Lotus, Nymphaea caerulea, blue lotus, blue Egyptian lotus, blue water lily, blue Egyptian water lily, sacred blue lily, sacred narcotic lily of the Nile,اللوتس )

LOTUS is a native Egyptian plant found in honored places throughout Egypt. On the architecture, especially on the capitals of Egyptian pillars, in the  tomb Hieroglyphics, papyrus, on thrones, headdresses of the divine pharaohs

The lotus closes at night and sinks underwater. In the morning it re-emerges and blooms again. Thus the flower became a natural symbol of the sun and creation. In Hermopolis, it was believed that it was a giant lotus blossom that first emerged from the primordial waters of Nun and from which the sun-god came forth.

The Lotus flower is connected with the creation myth as the lotus came from of original silt (mud deposit) before time. The creator was born from the cup-shaped chalice of the lotus flower. The Lotus Symbol symbolized the sun, of creation, rebirth, regeneration & represented Upper Egypt.

Lotus grows in muddy swamps. The flower extends out of the water and blossoms into fifteen white or pink oval shaped spreading petals. At its center is a curious flat seedcase. It is both ornamental and sweet smelling.

 Nowadays, Many Amulets, accessories,  perfumes, cosmetics, ., air-fresheners, medicines and lotions contained oil extracted from lotus flowers.

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Egyptian Symbols episode -3- Scarab

Scarab (also spelled Khepri, Khepera, Kheper, Khepra, Chepri or جعران)

It represent the God Khepri. God of rebirth, Luck, the sunrise and scarab. Ra’s aspect in the morning.

The scarab was widespread religious symbol in Egypt and maybe the most popular amulet as the amulet of luck. We can often see it as part of  jewellery, and royal pectorals. Despite Khepera very rarely appears in sight. He is a mysterious figure of the Egyptian History.

why the dung beetle represent the God Khepri

God Khepri named after the dung beetle because of its practice of rolling a ball of dung across the ground. The Egyptians observed this behavior and equated it with the ball of the sun being rolled across the sky. They confused this balled food source with the egg sack that the female dung beetle laid and buried in the sand. When the eggs hatched the dung beetles would seem to appear from nowhere, making it a symbol of spontaneous creation. In this role it was associated with the sunrise. Khepri was the scarab headed god.

There was no cult devoted to Khepri, and he was largely subordinate to the greater sun god Ra. Often, Khepri and another solar deity, Atum, were seen as aspects of Ra: Khepri was the morning sun, Ra was the midday sun, and Atum was the sun in the evening.

People were carving scarab-shaped jewelry and amulets in northeast Africa even before Egypt was a country. we can’t be sure if these scarabs are also supposed to be Khepera, or even if they mean the same things, but they were already popular long before the Egyptians made them their most common amulet or lucky piece.

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Ankh – Ancient Egypt Symbol 1

Ankh also called the Egyptian cross was a symbol of life itself. The Ankh represented eternal life. It signified wisdom and insight on the highest level and it was also a fertility symbol.

The ankh was widely used as an amulet in Ancient Egypt. The Ankh was the Ultimate Gift of Life. Many reliefs in Ancient Egyptian temples show scenes where the king is offered the ankh by the gods.This symbolized the divine bestowal of eternal life. Nefertari receiving ankh painting shows the goddess Hathor holding the ankh up under the nose of Nefertari. Queen Nefertari received the breath of life from the goddess herself.

Hathor was one of the great goddesses. She was goddess of women, female sexuality and motherhood. Hathor was the protector of joy, music and happiness. This popular goddess was goddess also to foreign lands. Egyptian often worked in mines in other countries; therefore she was the natural patron goddess of miners.

Queen Nefertari was the wife of Ramesses the Great. She was one of the most popular queens of Ancient Egypt. Horus and pharaoh Images of the ankh were all over the place. The painting shows the Horus passing the ankh to a pharaoh.

Horus was the son of Isis and Osiris. He was a sun god and often linked with the falcon. The eye of Horus was a common symbol of protection.

Fertility Meaning

As a symbol of fertility the loop represented the vagina and the line below the penis in union with the vagina. This certainly also reflects the creation of new life not to be misunderstood. This is man and woman in perfect union. By joining together man and woman in perfect harmony, new life is created.

The arms stretching out is said to represent the children created from the unification of male and female.From the spiritual point of view the ankh represented the key to all hidden knowledge. The loop symbolized the eternal soul as it has no beginning or end.The cross in this spiritual interpretation represented death. The ankh was the key to unraveling the mysteries of life and death.

Life Prosperity Health“Life, prosperity and health” was a common phrase in Ancient Egypt. It was often written after the names of kings. These three magical words were regular at the end of letters. They were truly words of great blessings. The ankh has maintained its popularity as a symbol of life and knowledge. It is to this day a very sought after charm and a common tattoo.

The Ankh was also associated with life after death. The dead were sometimes referred to as “ankhu”, and sarcophagi were also known as “neb-ankh” (possessor of life). From the Middle Kingdom, the word ‘nkh (ankh) also meant “mirror” and many mirrors took the form of the hieroglyph. After the demise of the Egyptian polytheistic religion, the Christian Coptic church adopted the Ankh as a form of the cross, known as the Crux Ansata (“cross with handle”). The Ankh was often linked with the Djed (representing stability) or the Was (representing strength) to form a powerful amulet thought to invoke the god’s protection over the bearer.

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Egyptian Symbols episode -1- Ankh

Ankh (Crux ansata, Key of Life, Key of the Nile , “cross with a handle” or  مفتاح الحياة )

The ankh is an ancient Egyptian symbol of life.

   

the ankh represents fertility and creative power. The top loop

also symbolizes the sun on the horizon, and suggests reincarnation and rebirth. The ankh appears frequently in Egyptian writings about rebirth.

The Egyptian gods are often carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest. The ankh appears in hand or in proximity of almost every deity in the Egyptian pantheon (including Pharaohs).

The horizontal and vertical bars of the lower tau cross represent the feminine and masculine energy, respectively. This combination of male and female symbols (the cross and circle)

The symbol was adopted by Coptic Christians, especially Gnostic sects, to symbolize the resurrection of Christ and the heavenly marriage. The ankh was an earlier form of the cross than the better known “Latin” cross. The symbol became popular again in New Age mysticism in 1960s.

– You can write the Ankh in Unicode by two characters encoding the symbol, U+2625 ☥ in the Miscellaneous Symbols block and U+132F9 ? in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block.

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