Dead Sea Scrolls
The first dead sea scrolls were found in 1947. These manuscripts throw new light on the beliefs of Christian and Jewish. It is believed that some of them were hidden for nearly 2,000 years.
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Before alphabets were developed, men wrote with a form of picture writing called hieroglyphics. Each character represented a complete word or idea, and from these symbols our modern alphabets slowly evolved.
Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics are pictures used for writing instead of letters. Hieroglyphics are usually the first stage in the development of writing by a people. Each hieroglyphic stands for a word or an idea. In many cases the hieroglyphic is a picture of what it represents.
The best-known hieroglyphics are those used by the ancient Egyptians. They contain many bird-like symbols, and the writing was read in the direction faced by these birds. The Egyptians also used hieroglyphics for syllables. Word hieroglyphics had the same sound as the syllables. In English, for example, this would be the same as using pictures of the sea and the Sun to write the word season.
In 1799, a large stone was found in Egypt on which was written an ancient Egyptian decree in hieroglyphics and in Greek. From this stone, called the Rosetta Stone, the hieroglyphics were deciphered (translated). The Rosetta Stone is now in the British Museum.
