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Hieroglyphics are pictures that stand for different sounds and words. These hieroglyphs read the tomb of Khufu,14 symbols, the picture resembles a god. There are 3 forms of hieroglyphs, Hieractive, Demote, and Coptic. Hieractive was a cursive form of writing. Demote a shorthand version of the Hieractive script. Coptic was written using Greek letters, but followed the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs were used most of the time to decorate temples. Hieroglyphs could also be written with a pen and ink on papyrus, a paper like material, or painted or carved into stone. Hieroglyphs can be written right to left, left to right, or downwards. Watch the video to learn more about hieroglyphics.

The Egyptians are getting ready for a surprise.
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From their history, we learn what we can.
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===Fun and Games in Ancient Egypt=== an article by Carlee Olsen ===Sports, T.V, swimming, sleding, computer games, video games, card games. These are some things we do for fun. What do the Egyptians do for fun? Its not like they had electronics, right? And, they definitely didn't have snow to play in! So, what did they do?=== ===I found out that adults and children both played games for fun in ancient egypt. Mostly, board games were played, but toys were built for the children to play with also. The rules were very complex for these board games. Almost every board game had 7 pawns, sticks, or knucklebones for each of the 2 players, but some only required 5.=== ===The game Senet was mostly played by adults. One of these games was found in a tomb along with painted instructions on how to play. During the New Kingdom, the game of Senet had a religious or magical meaning. Other games were found in the tomb also. The games had all different qualities, good and bad. Since all qualities were found, it is safe to say that people of all classes played games.=== ===Another board game found was Ouija. Ouija was like an egyptian luck board. It was meant to tell the future. Ouija is played by two people. The board is placed on both of the people's knees and a heart shaped table is placed on the board. The first thing you ask is "Ouija, are you there?" and he answers either yes, or he doesn't answer at all.===

Board games were enjoyed by all ages and all social classes of ancient egypt.
===Toys were built for the children of ancient egypt. Little toy boats carved from wood, baked clay animals and rattles have all been discovered in a ancient egyptian child's room. Later, they developed beautiful toys from various materials. Such as, dolls, toyanimals, spinning tops, and mechanical toys like crocidiles with moving jaws.===

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===The toy animals with moving parts were most popular. A wooden mouse toy had a string that, if you pulled it, its tail moved up and down. Horses were mostly popular in Roman Egypt because horses were used in battles to fight. There were also crocidiles, lions, and many more animals tht had a string that if it was pulled, the animal's jaw moved up and down like it was chewing.=== ===Spinning tops were inexpensive, and found in more poor homes. The children would spin the tops by a string, or twisting fingers. Tops were the least expensive toys in ancient egypt. The wooden toys like animals or dolls were found in more wealthy homes.=== ===Tug of war ond leapfrog were more games played by children and adults in ancient egypt. The ancient egyptian children played many different games than what we play now. They had the same ideas though. Now, we have much more advanced toys and games.===