How Do You Write A Name Using Egyptian Hieroglyphs?
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs have been admired for centuries but their meanings were a mystery until the middle of the nineteenth century. It took years of linguistic detective work to crack the code of what the symbols mean. It was discovered that sometimes they stand for words and sometimes they stand for sounds. To write your name, you will use the phonetic sounds associated with the hieroglyphs. Click on the picture of the hieroglyphs to enlarge it. You may also want to print it out. Say your name and listen to the phonetic sounds you hear. Look for these sounds on the hieroglyph chart. For instance, if your name starts wit the letters “ph,” you hear an “f” sound. You would use the hieroglyph for “f.” If you name contains the letter “c” it will sound like either the letter “s” or the letter “k.” For the “ch” sound, use the letter “g” or “j.” Find the best approximation you can for the vowel sounds in your name. The ancient Egyptians did not use many vowels in their words. In fact,
