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Ancient Hieroglyphics and the Rosetta Stone Hannah Feldman, Karl Fries, Danielle Mercado Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics Hieroglyphics stems from the Greek word hieroglyphica, which means “sacred carvings” Over 2,000 characters alphabetic, logographic, and ideographic elements Originated due to the artistic traditions of the preliterate Egyptians Hieroglyphics Demotic Popular script Could be read off tablets by educated citizens Hieratic Sacred script Used on temple walls Who Used Hieroglyphics? Priests Used cursive hieroglyphics (Hieratic script) to record religious literature Scribes of the