What is the process used to decode hieroglyphics?

Insofar as established methods and techniques used in the normal course of translating ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs I couldn't tell you. But, what made today's archeologists, anthropologists, etc. able to read ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic writing today is all due to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799. read more

Insofar as established methods and techniques used in the normal course of translating ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs I couldn't tell you. But, what made today's archeologists, anthropologists, etc. able to read ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic writing today is all due to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799. read more

1.) The first was expressed in formal ancient hieroglyphs (in use to varying degrees from approx.: 3,300 BC - 4500 AD), 2.) The second section used Demotic script which was a writing system used in Egypt that was a later take on Hieratic writing. read more

It was not long after the disappearance of hieroglyphs from active use that attempts to decipher them began – The best known example from Antiquity are the Hieroglyphica (dating to about the 5th century) by Horapollo, which offers an explanation of almost 200 glyphs. read more

Best yet, you will get an idea of what is going on in all of those Hieroglyphics with the Egyptian Decoder App! Tapping on any Hieroglyphic will display the letter representation of that symbol. If you need to remember what letter is equal to the Hieroglyphic, simply press the"abc" button and you will see all the letters of the alphabet for each symbol. You can use this feature for testing your self on Hieroglyphics. read more