Write your name using the Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet
What do the hieroglyphics symbols mean and how to write using the Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet.
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet
What are Hieroglyphics?
Hieroglyphics are characters in which symbols represent objects and ideas. Hieroglyphics can be pictures of living creatures such as an owl, objects used in daily life such as a basket or symbols such as lasso.
Most of the pictures stand for the object they represent, but usually, they stand for sounds. You cannot exactly match the American English alphabet to hieroglyphics, because they are two very different languages, but historians have come up with a simplified translation of our letters and Egyptian hieroglyphs.
What do the hieroglyphics symbols mean?
A an Egyptian vulture
B a foot
C a basket with handle
D a hand
E a reed
F a horned viper (an Egyptian snake)
G a jar-stand
H a reed shelter
I a reed
J a cobra
K the basket with the handle again (because hard 'C' is like 'K')
L a lion
M an owl
N a zigzag symbol for water
O a lasso
P a square stool
Q a symbol for the slope of a hill
R a mouth
S a piece of linen folded over
T a bun
U a quail chick (which stands for the sound 'U')
V a horned viper
W a quail chick
X a basket and folded linen
Y two reeds
Z a door bolt
CH a hobble
KH a ball of string
SH the rectangle (which is the symbol for land)
Translate a prayer said to Amen-Ra into Hieroglyphics
Amen-Ra is an
Egyptian sun god and utmost god of the creation. No one can peruse the story of
the legendary lore of Egypt, hear the majestic songs addressed to the Deity Amen-Ra,
or scan the vast realm of research that opens to his view, without expressing a
wish to be able to read the writing of Amen-Ra worshipers.
Onu, Heliopolis or Pilar
city was a major city of ancient Egypt. It was the capital of the worshipers of
Amen-Ra and a major religious center. It is now located in Ayn Shams, a
northeastern suburb of Cairo. Onu was one of the oldest cities of ancient
Egypt occupied since 6000-3150 BCE.
Ayn Shams or Ein
Shams means Eye of the Sun because, during the housing crunch in Cario, it was
built on top of the ancient city of Onu, once the spiritual center of ancient
Egyptian Amen-Ra worshipers.
Cairo, Egypt has a
population of 20.4 million people. Approximately 95 percent of the population
lives within 12 miles or 20 km of the Nile River and its delta; vast areas of
the country remain sparsely populated or uninhabited.
Below is a prayer
said to Amen-Ra, translate the prayer into Hieroglyphics. Remember Hieroglyphic
is read from left to right.
Praise Amen-Ra, the mighty
one who dwells in Onu, great above all the gods!
A gracious god is he
to those who love him.
His rays of life
enlighten all his grand creation.
Hail Amen-Ra, whose
seat is Egypt's double throne!
You are the prince in Southern Thebes, grand
sovereign in thy realm.
You go through the
Southern land, and nations call thee lord.
Ancient One of Heaven,
and Oldest One of Earth, who produced existence and govern things, still
supporting creation.
You are unchangeable
amidst the changes of the gods.
You are kind, a
ruler of the heavenly cycle, lord of all the deities, the light of truth
and sire of the gods.
The name of our Chic African Culture blog head researcher, Ivy name looks like this in Hieroglyphics:
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| Ivy written in Hieroglyphics |
Cairo Egypt Malls Did You Know
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