ArtEd online.Symbols, Systems, and Order What do Egyptian hieroglyphs, Maya glyphs, and cuneiform writing have in common? Whether made from wood, stone, or clay, these symbols and systems of language and ideas convey ordered messages. Logograms or pictograms, the earliest forms of writing, used pictures or symbols for whole words. Egyptian hieroglyphs, Maya glyphs, and cuneiform writing are all examples of logograms. We may not fully understand the meaning of such ancient signs and symbols but we can study them and compare them to symbol systems used in our own time. The Internet offers many opportunities to meaningfully explore language and symbol systems with your students. Egyptian Hieroglyphs www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/ home.html A great starting point for hieroglyphs is the educational site on ancient Egyptian writing at the British Museum in London. www.metmuseum.org/explore/ newegypt/htm/lk_hiero.htm The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. offers Hieroglyphs and Art pages that include great photographs and succinct explanations such as "How does the hieroglyphic hieroglyphic (hī'rəglĭf`ĭk, hī'ərə–) [Gr.,=priestly carving], type of writing used in ancient Egypt. Similar pictographic styles of Crete, Asia Minor, and Central America and Mexico are also called hieroglyphics writing system work? How is ancient Egyptian pronounced? Which way are hieroglyphs read?" www.eyelid.co.uk/ Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt is an extensive, kid-friendly site that includes hieroglyphs, a hieroglyphic name translator, screen saver, online games, and hieroglyph hieroglyph Character in any of several systems of writing that is pictorial in nature, though not necessarily in the way it is read. The term was originally used for the oldest system of writing Ancient Egyptian (see Egyptian language). E-cards, along with information on Egyptian history and mathemathics. www.upennmuseum.com/ hieroglyphsreal.cgi. The University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. Museum of Archeology and Anthropology also offers an opportunity for students to write their names in hieroglyphics. The Rosetta Stone www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ egyptian/ea/gall/rosetta.html. The Rosetta Stone is an ancient stone written in three scripts, hieroglyphic, demotic demotic: see hieroglyphic. , and Greek, that made possible the first translations of Egyptian hieroglyphs. It is now located at the British Museum and can be visited online. pw1.netcom.com/~qkstart/rosetta.html An English translation of the Rosetta Stone may be read at this website. Maya Glyphs www.nationalgeographic.com/ features/97/bureau/. The National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. presents an interactive animated website for kids called The Amazing Travel Bureau Secret of the Maya Glyphs. www.halfmoon.org/index.html Rabbit in the Moon Rabbit in the Moon is an American electronic music group. Their style draws from psychedelic trance, house music and breakbeat, along with other diverse influences. History is a wide-ranging site with sections on Mayan hieroglyphic writing Mayan hieroglyphic writing System of writing used by people of the Maya civilization until the 17th century AD. The script is known to have existed since at least 200 BC. , the Mayan calendar, and much more. Cuneiform Writing www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/ home_set.html The British Museum does it again, offering another interactive educational site, this time on cuneiform writing in ancient Mesopotamia. www.metmuseum.org/explore/ anesite/html/el_ane_inscript.htm The Explore and Learn section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City offers a simple introduction to cuneiform writing. www.upennmuseum.com/ cgi-bin/cuneiform.cgi The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology also offers Write Like a Babylonian: See Your Monogram in Cuneiform cuneiform (ky  nē`ĭfôrm) [Lat.,=wedge-shaped], system of writing developed before the last centuries of the 4th millennium B.C. .
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