Egyptian code cracker

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Egyptian code cracker
The powerful and intriguing civilisation of
Ancient Egypt has captured the imaginations
of thousands of people throughout history.
The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the seven
wonders of the ancient world, the world’s
greatest playwright, William Shakespeare,
wrote a play about the last Pharaoh of
Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra, and the discovery
of Tutankhamun in 1922 received worldwide
press coverage. Millions of children worldwide
began dreaming of becoming Indiana Jonestype archaeologists!
was used in Ancient Egypt. Hieroglyphs are
pictures that were used to represent different
sounds and words. There are nearly 2000
Egyptian Hieroglyphs - wow! We only have
to learn 26 different letters in our alphabet
- imagine having to learn almost 2000! No
wonder it has taken Egyptologists almost 2000
years to decipher the meaning of some of
these hieroglyphs!
In this activity, we have designed a code
cracker, using some Egyptian hieroglyphs as
our code. Use the key below to crack the code
and find 10 famous Egyptian icons.
Hieroglyphics are a form of writing that
map of EGYPT
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