tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post114240063769442031..comments2024-03-27T01:38:35.812-04:00Comments on Taller Than Average Tales: Why hieroglyphs?Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06168243108016358137noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post-1142450139327847972006-03-15T14:15:00.000-05:002006-03-15T14:15:00.000-05:00Fitena: Sign language also interests me, but I hav...Fitena: Sign language also interests me, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. As for birds (I'm assuming you meant birds), there are so many different ones used in hieroglyphs that it's a little infuriating. Basically they stand for different consonants or combinations of consonants.<BR/><BR/>Kevin: lol. The Eye of Horus is probably my favorite hieroglyph. The way it was used to denote fractions for measuring is pretty cool.<BR/><BR/>Scholiast: It's a small world. And I'm envious, I would love to go to Egypt, but I doubt there will be a good time to travel to that region in my lifetime. But you never know...Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168243108016358137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post-1142443765378056542006-03-15T12:29:00.000-05:002006-03-15T12:29:00.000-05:00I saw that documentary too! And took out the book ...I saw that documentary too! And took out the book I bought years ago about the Rosetta stone (when I went to see it at the British museum.<BR/><BR/>I can understand your fascination - I was in Egypt when I was 13, and still the magnitude of those buildings... Impressive is just the beginning :)Scholiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10219626585108690444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post-1142439793328187562006-03-15T11:23:00.000-05:002006-03-15T11:23:00.000-05:00Whoops... Horus.Whoops... Horus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post-1142439761988289142006-03-15T11:22:00.000-05:002006-03-15T11:22:00.000-05:00I am very interested in Egyptology, but I'm not su...I am very interested in Egyptology, but I'm not sure it's enough to want to learn to read hieroglyphs. I like to learn enough to understand the history and be able to explain, succinctly yet clearly, what my Eye of Horis tattoo represents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post-1142418579851244402006-03-15T05:29:00.000-05:002006-03-15T05:29:00.000-05:00For me its sign language!"Egyptology" is something...For me its sign language!<BR/>"Egyptology" is something I HAD contemplated studying but then the fascination wore off...<BR/>Now its sign language, not as a hoby or anything but I really want to learn it like I did english! <BR/>What do the little bids mean in hieroglyphics?<BR/>FitènaFatmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574337624177445967noreply@blogger.com