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Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at the name of the Egyptian goddess “Nephthys 𓉠.”
ScreenshotThe type of symbol that is commonly used in Nephthys’ 𓉠 name 𓂋𓈖 is called a Composite Hieroglyph (it’s also an ideogram). A Composite Hieroglyphic symbol is a symbol that is the combination of multiple phonographic symbol...
Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at the phrase “𓅭𓇳.”
Screenshot“Son of Ra 𓅭𓇳” is a very common title that is usually seen before a cartouche (the oval that houses the name of a Pharaoh 𓉐𓉻) in hieroglyphic inscriptions. The phrase “Son of Ra 𓅭𓇳“ also implies that the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 is the child of a god 𓊹, which...
Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at the word “𓊹.”
ScreenshotThe “cloth on a pole 𓊹“ hieroglyph is an ideogram for the word god or deity. 𓊹 is also a triliteral phonogram, and represents the letters “ntr,” which may have been pronounced like “neter.” 𓊹 Is also a determinative for “god.”
This makes the “cl...
Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at the name of the Egyptian god “Ra 𓇳𓏺.”
Ra 𓇳𓏺𓁛 was the sun 𓇳 god 𓊹, and was responsible for the rising of the sun 𓇳. He is often represented in Egyptian art as a falcon with a sun disc on his head or as just a sun disc. This is very similar to how Ra’s name is written in hier...
Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at the name of the Egyptian god “Horus 𓅃.”
Horus 𓅃𓀭 was one of the most important gods 𓊹𓊹𓊹 in the Egyptian pantheon. Horus 𓅃𓀭 was the mythological representation of the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻/heir to the throne of Egypt 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖. He is usually represented as a human body with a falcon h...