What Are Hieroglyphics?

Hieroglyphics are what ancient Greek used to wright. There are pictures that look like trees, weapons and other objects. They represent a word, syllable or sound.

The marks found on the side of the temples and palaces in Egypt were written thousands of years ago. Temples and palaces are still standing today.

In 1799 scientists discovered a stone covered with hieroglyphics. It was called The Rosetta stone. It was written to commemorate a king and his crowning.A French professor could read the Egyptian writing underneath it and translated it into Greek. The French professor has discovered what had baffled other scientists for years.