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The Egyptian society, with all its complex writing and monuments, was like any other;
if you understand the hieroglyphics. In this essay, I will report to my
government how the Egyptian writing and scribes affected the Egyptian life and
government.
The Egyptian writing material used was stone and papyrus. It was used to
inscribe writing in the big monuments known as pharaohs. The word “pharaohs”
meant a form of title “great house.” The writing in these monuments was called
hieroglyphics; which meant “priest writing” in ancient Greece. This writing was
on every monument and was there to describe the power that the pharaohs had; it
also described the deeds and accomplishments that each pharaoh had. The writing
was also not that easy understood, it wasn’t like the writing we use today; it
was more complex. They did not appear to use words but figures that meant
different things. They often had symbols of animals and even other people. The
writing was what made the monument.
If we were to be able to read fully what this hieroglyphics were it would be
very useful to us. Not useful in a sense to use this information against them,
but it would be useful to recognize the people that lived and ruled Egypt at
that time. It would give us a sense of history as to how our world was ruled in
past times.
In addition, if these writings were to be erased, the impact on the society
would be tremendous. Not only would the society loose place as to who was what
but they would loose their pasts. Although some might still have memories, they
would not have the writings to back up the monuments, the monuments would
therefore be useless and they would have no meaning. By them loosing their
history, that would mean that we would loose a part of our history, because our
history depends on theirs.
In conclusion, the Egyptian society keeps its memories in writing and big
monuments. It gives them a sense of memory, because every time they look at one
of these monuments they would remember how its society once was. It would bring
them back to the past, to where the pharaohs ruled Egypt.