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Diary Entry

//The Slave // //Ughhhh. Today was just about the worst day I’ve ever had. That dumb King Khufu and his stupid pyramid. I made one big stone fall off the pyramid and it squished two people and Khufu is acting like it’s the end of the world. So now tomorrow I’m being executed. //

//These are my last few hours and everyone is treating me horrible. Even my family agrees with Khufu that I should be executed. Right now with my last few hours I’m going to try to have the time of my life. Yes, I just lived my dream with only one hour left until death. I smacked Khufu and got away from his guards fast enough. The guards are knocking on my door I guess its time for me. //

//The Pharaoh Khufu // //Gosh I’m used to stupid slaves but today I think I met the stupidest slave ever. He made a very large stone fall of the pyramid and it squished two of my favorite priests. So now I have two waste a few of my valuable minutes chopping off his head. Then I’ll have to waste a few more minutes finding a place to put his dead body. //

//That ignorant little slave just came and smacked me. His fingernails made a big cut on my face so now I’m being sent to someone that’s going to bandage me up. Mean while I sent my guards to get him for his execution. Now I’m on my way to go execute him and I told everyone to come to his execution. I even invited his family to have dinner with me and we’ll be making fun of the slave during dinner. // _ Hieroglyphics

**//__ Rosetta Stone __//** The Rosetta Stone was found by Pierre-Francois Bouchard in 1799 in a small village called Rosetta. The Rosetta Stone is very famous and was the key to Egyptian language. It helped us figure out the language and we can make more and better our prediction about Ancient Egypt.

**//__ Symbols __//** The Egyptian writing called hieroglyphics used pictures to represent different objects, actions, sound or ideas. There were more than 700 hieroglyphs. Some pictures stood for whole words. Egyptians have been using hieroglyphics for over 3,000 years. **//__ Number of Symbols __//**

During the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom, about 800 hieroglyphics existed. By the Greco-Roman period, they counted more than 5,000 hieroglyphics. Some symbols stand for one letter, letters, and even whole words. The Rosetta Stone helped our research so much.

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