Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs | Ancient Egyptian Alphabet | Wondrium

[@AmeerulIslam]

where is part 1

[@TheGreatCourses]

Hi - You can watch part 1 (and parts 3-24) on our website here: www.TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/show/decoding_the_secrets_of_egyptian_hieroglyphs?US_OnlineVideo&SocialMediaEditorialKZbin&

[@drspaseebo410]

You need to BUY the course from The Great Courses ! Copyright !!

[@hannahlarson920]

Lol

[@queenladyj7450]

I Totally Disagree With Your Explanation Of These Hieroglyphs, Except For 2.

[@ricktasker8248]

You have to pay for more videos in the series. This video was just a tease. But a goood tease :-)

[@lenseidel1055]

I know Dr. Brier. He is the most amazing teacher I've ever met.

[@cruisepaige]

Len Seidel you are so lucky!

[@bernadettekenny888]

Yes what a great teacher. You can tell he really loves his subject. I'm sure his students couldn't possibly fail with his passion and skill. :)

[@Ælfgifu-1]

He seems really cool!

[@sakkmatt]

If you are learning more then you need to know that you should not believe anything. There is no movie in which everything they say is true.You only have to believe in prayer in the temple.

[@adiconstantin4598]

​@@sakkmatt Indeed, no field of human activity is true for everyone, except for science & technics. If you are looking for certitude, go with one of those two. Bye the way, this video is about linguistics & history, which are both more sciences than arts - so more true (than differently accepted, for everyone)

[@evanshtoo3027]

*Me having assignments due* Also me: the perfect time for me to learn Hieroglyphs.

[@pavel9652]

He has a great advice, though. When I was student many years ago, during boring lectures, I used to draw various shapes, mazes, characters, fancy curves, arrows, etc. Had I knew hieroglyphs, I would have practiced and made some ornaments in my notebooks ;) It is an interesting language and the vulture is a great start for the alphabet ;)

[@joalexsg9741]

I never thought I could ever understand Egyptian hieroglyphs so clearly as with this video lesson, this is a most skilled teacher, thanks for making the ancient and truly Egyptian culture accessible to us all! Shared, undoubtedly:-)!

[@thepartyofone9329]

😆

[@megw7312]

Even easier if you do it the correct way! Cymroglyphics uses the correct language which is cymraic (Cymraeg a.k.a. “Welsh”). Find out how at BritainsHiddenHistoryRoss.

[@basemali847]

it's need to focus on

[@leandroyearwood7890]

eye river bird?

[@КонстантинИванов-д1д]

The fact that Bob Brier is still alive and hosts shows like this is probably the best news I have heard this week.

[@mysticscape]

One of the most finest and engaging teacher I have ever experienced. My respect.

[@tubeviewerX20]

Can’t believe I’ve been an Egyptophile all these years and never learned this! Good lesson.

[@gumwarrior]

I love the way this teacher conveys a message. This is the greatest teacher if you ask me.

[@TheDwynn85]

Yes, but how do we know for certain that this is the correct way to read them?

[@adenature9378]

@@TheDwynn85 That’s what I’m wondering too.

[@stevenleslie8557]

Dr Brier is a good instructor. He is knowledgeable and is interesting to listen to

[@TheGreatCourses]

Thanks for the shout-out, Steven, it is much appreciated. Never stop learning!

[@davidarrowsmith6034]

Great tutorial. I didn't realise how complex ancient Egyptian is. I learnt a lot, thanks.

[@carmensierra3935]

David Arrowsmith You did not think ancient Egyptian looked difficult ? Also..... "learnt" is not correct. You had learned...perhaps instead of learning ancient Egyptian, you should try modern English. Just a suggestion

[@poneill65]

+Carmen Prey tell us what is "Pedantic Douchebag" in ancient Egyptian.

[@undardu5568]

carmen sierra, "learnt" is not incorrect. Do a simple search before offering your "suggestions".

[@jokerofmorocco]

They also wrote in Demotic which is a lot simpler

[@Its.Corey.]

carmen sierra Actually learnt is correct, as well. You can use learned or learnt in that particular context. Learnt is used more often in British English, whereas American English uses learned. Sounds like you should try educating yourself a little more before opening your mouth!

[@-roejogan-]

I started reading the glyphs behind you

[@lxo2732]

Hhhhhahaaahha me too 😂😂😂

[@Kimmy-pw8tm]

Thats cool, taking notes . That's alright, I was taking photos for a background.😂

[@buffy377]

Is this the man who did a real mummification? If so, I attended his lecture at UT Knoxville and loved meeting him. Would live to know more about him and his courses.

[@TheGreatCourses]

Hello! You can find more about professor Bob Brier and courses taught by him at www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/professors/bob-brier?US_SocialMedia&SocialMediaEditorialFacebook&

[@lirioverdesilva3637]

Always fascinated me this Egyptian writing, it's amazing 👁️

[@brogen100]

they are interesting because it's actually an ancient form of modern day emojis. I know it's hard to believe, but humour has existed from the beginning of mankind

[@Bella-wl6fn]

Bob, OMG☺️ I've missed your homework questions! I haven't seen you in anything since the '90s (but I gave the tv away in 1998) you're looking great in 2022. I'm excited to watch this on my phone, so happy to see that Bob is still doing docs. Thank you for the upload 🌼

[@jekkyfish.]

Producer: how many Egyptian walls with writings do u want? The Great Courses Plus: Yes

[@riverstone100]

Bob Brier is an absolutely delightful lecturer! I have just reached the end of the course. Absolutely invaluable detail. Great reference. You feel a little sad when it's over, but if you get the recordings, he says, you can watch it again. He says, I'll see you again soon!

[@mrhoryaal]

Comparison of Egyptian-Somali Vocabulary: "The language of ancient Egypt belonged to the Hamitic group...Surviving Hamitic languages are spoken across a large part of North Africa and include Somali." (The english language ,A Historical Introduction," by the british historian and linguist Charles Barber .) 1) In ancient-egyptian language "Hes" = song,sing with musical instrument / in somali language :" Hees"= song,sing with musical instrument. 2) "AAR" means "Lion" in both languages . 3) "Usha" means "Scepter" in both languages . 4)In Somali-Egyptian" Shub" means a)"pour out , " b) construction made of concrete . 5) In Somali-Egyptian languages :"Sekedseked" means " Redoubling of the building blocks ,Stacked building blocks or something else . 6) In Egyptian-Somali : Neter/Neder (divine being) Hipo/Hibo (it means "gift" and the sound "p"it is not mainly used in Hamitic languages ): Heru/Huur (a stork) : Tuf/Tuf (spit) : Habi (the Nile)/ Habi,ᵓAbi (source of water,to drink ,give him drink ) Wabi ( a river) ; Kab/kab (shoe) brq/biriq (lightning) :"Qbb/Qaboob (cold,cool,fresh ): 'ayah/dayah (moon) ; dab/dab (fire) anka/aniga (pronoun "I" ): su,asu/usi (he) ; Ka,Kaah /Ka,Kaah (Him,the man's appearance, spirit,vital essence,) ; Xi/Ki (a such ) ; Hati,Hat/Haat,Haati (widen wings,flying birds) ; medu/muud (liquid), Hoo/Hoo (to offer ) , Gundhate ,Gunti/Gundhate ,Gunti (loincloth) ,Maanta/Maanta (today,morning ); Kaua/Kaw (standard number one ,1,first ) ; NefNefi/NefNef,Neef (respiration,breath ), (Râ,Horakhty /Râh, Horrahthy (the Sun) In Ancient-egyptian "Râ" is the sun-god / in Somali "Qor-Rah" means the "neck of Rah ,sun-god . ( Qor= neck / Rah: sun-god) the letter " a" is pronounced with the voiceless pharyngeal fricative [ħ] 7) Egyptian Somali :Awoow /Awoow (grandfather,old man) ; Ayeeytha/Ayeeyda (grandmother,old woman, old age ) 8) In Ancient-egyptian "Hun, Hunnu" = young man ,young girl/ in Somali "Hun, Hunnu,Huunno" = young man , young girl . 9) Two Somali/Egyptian Similar Names of the Pharaonic Enthronement : Sare,Hore/Sare,Hore ( the High and the First ) 10)In ancient-egyptian :Ausar =god Osiris ,ancestor of egyptians /.In Somali : Ausar,= Father Sar (AW-father ; Sar), Isir,Ausar = Ancestor , venerated in the Somali Culture in the antiquity according to a Somali Historian and linguist Diriye . 11) In Somali Language "The pyramids" means "Xabaal-Maguur" =" Stable Graves " 12) The Ancient-Egyptians named themselves "Rageedii": "The perfect men" in their language and the Somali People use still now this name "Rageedii" with the same ancient-egyptian meaning "The perfect men". For example in somali language : " U dadaal sidii Rageedii"= Make efforts as Rageedii ,the perfect men. There are many similar words somali-egyptian ,preserved in Somali language. I just shared with you some examples above but you can find many others if you fond of the Egyptology and History . References : "Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary by Budge" ; "Black Nations and Culture by Cheikh Anta Diop" ; "Learn Somali by Diriye Abdillahi " Fiqi's Somali English Dictionary " by A.A Hashi 1985 .etc...

[@bariantejackson5852]

Thanks

[@deborahnorris736]

AVALITE Empire so great to know the comparisons, thank you! I love entomology! Do you believe that our first language was one of sound? Or souls just knowing, and reading each other’s hearts? Regardless, it’s so thrilling for me to understand of the first languages, and your tips are appreciated. 💯

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Where's your web site that has this information available?

[@damyr]

So when they wanted to write word "lion" (AAR), they needed to draw two vultures and an eye. Talking about ambiguity. 😃

[@hamidasman5993]

Perfect.

[@torchgoat1707]

Ty as a kid our teacher taught us some of the Egyptian gods and their names so watching this was like a flash back, ima go get coffee and write it all down I have subscribed.

[@oilyoily2959]

I was looking for the Sacred Sacrab Beetle, ended up here and stayed for the duration, this is fascinating I'd like to learn more. I subscribed. Thanks sir.

[@Beccaboo530]

Oh man this was way better then what I’ve been watching. Thank you so much for that break down. I think it’s finally clicking! 👍

[@jenniferlynncalogero896]

Ancient Hieroglyphics is a language comprised of symbols to help bring together the different languages of what the people spoke at that time. It was used to eliminate the chaos of confusion and the different understandings and comprehensions. I would say it acted like bridges to help bring everyone together.🖤❤💛🤍💙

[@showbread9366]

Good story

[@profsteve7653]

Enjoyed your book narrative on the history of ancient Egypt on audible immensely,it was my first in depth study of these ancient peoples and I learned so much with your insights.

[@gost4995]

AC Origins had me curious. Glad I stopped by to learn something new😊

[@alidahall8726]

I've always wanted to learn hieroglyphics I've been interested in the ancient Egyptian culture since I was 14

[@MaxWindshear]

He said symbols are sometimes stacked "to make it look good". I would think it was more about conserving precious writing space. This was literally written in stone after all.

[@thesmilingmercenary937]

That may be true, but he also emphasized how important aesthetics were to them. The style of the thing mattered a lot, and it wasn't as interesting to look at just stringing them out. I think they really do look better stacked, you know?

[@junaidchaudhary8993]

You both may be right .... They may have stacked the letter to make it look good as well as to conserve space.

[@vytisagafonovas3887]

i dont want to misslead you but i think there is some words that are stacked purely estheticaly, like they mix sequence of letters just becouse it would look good

[@LongDistanceCall11]

Although it may look like "well if it`s a long dead language no one really knows what it was and why and how it was used, so my guess is as good as anyone`s", the reality is a bit different. Scientific work is not just some guessing - be it chemistry, anthropology or linguistics. People study hard first, and then work even harder, checking and rechecking their theories, there`s scientific method behind everything that is done, so normally when you hear someone with a degree uttering just one word - it has a huge amount of work to back it up. While I do not know Dr Brier from Adam, I still feel that it is very unlikely that he, being a scholar, would just say something without being sure.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

If that's a concern you have. The ancient Egyptian had two other scripts they'd use for every day mundane things. This particular script was just the prestige script.

[@flavius22]

11:24 when u can read few letters on the walls and you are so concentrated that you dont even realise they are changing everytime to show you what you have just learned

[@Mosta3i]

From Egypt I enjoyed the lesson with you thank you very much ❤

[@frienderella]

18:41 did he just teach me to draw a rectangle twice?

[@Wodz30]

you need to learn the correct stroke paths. See if you draw a rectangle the modern way in your hieroglyphics someone will come along and dismiss it because of your insane modern styling

[@ej1722]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🔲

[@RachelPun]

I love his sincerity

[@pavel9652]

Now do it with a chisel and hammer on some nearby granite block ;)

[@jonathassantos6697]

Thak you so much for that, you passed it into a easy way to write.

[@russianagent9175]

The homework hieroglyphics reads " chicken legs in water covering the chicken. When it boils, remove from heat. Eat quickly with a glass of water, cover food with a lid. Served on a tray."

[@jamesdent2044]

I am laughing way to hard ..... Thats great

[@Loooppp]

Way better !

[@kureimori55]

Logically correct lol

[@laurieallen8040]

😂

[@jimmytruong3512]

Em r

[@donaldwildgrube5544]

I learned so much from Bob Brier in the Great Courses. He is brilliant.

[@LadySamurai88]

I knew it was complicated but not this complicated. Bravo for everyone who actually can read and write hieroglyphs

[@mascottewise8954]

It’s pretty easy

[@TheDwynn85]

Yes, but how can we be certain that this IS the exact way to read them? Who taught who and passed it down to us?

[@carmensierra3935]

Thank you for posting these! Much appreciated! Our children loved it.

[@Sean_Coyne]

Yesterday I stumbled on the reason we call the oval line around a Pharaoh's name a cartouche (the line represented a rope to the ancient Egyptians). It was coined by the French antiquarians accompanying Napoleon during his ill fated invasion of Egypt. The shape reminded one Frenchman of the silk powder cartridges used in a ship's guns. Hence the French word for cartridge, cartouche. :-)

[@drspaseebo410]

No kidding ? Sacré bleu !

[@MF-qy2bm]

I'm from Egypt. Greetings to all

[@lalbadshah2157]

16:01 The first one is lion The second one is mouse 😂😂🤣🤣

[@markbagley7217]

i am a member of great courses plus bob bryar's course is excellent

[@TheGreatCourses]

Thank you for being a part of our Plus family, we are glad to hear that you're enjoying our courses.

[@dessa_gabriel]

I don't know why, but I learned something interesting about this... And I now want to learn hieroglyphics~🤧

[@omgitzmelisa]

So happy I came across this video, I can’t wait to learn and study and practice the alphabet, thank you!

[@emmanuel5766]

Most Amazing Teacher !!! Once the whole series was available free on KZbin!!! I was lucky to watch it before some years ago,and I took notes by writing down!!! A most excellent series of lessons! Where can I watch again that series of Lessons???Anybody know??? I wish he Would made a second series of lessons more advanced !! It would be a treasure!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheGreatCourses]

Hi there! Thank you for your comment. We are glad you enjoyed this series before and ready to watch it again. You can watch the "Ancient Egyptian Alphabet" course on Wondrium: www.wondrium.com/lp/t2/youtubemain?Video&KZbin&

[@S3fR0]

Ok so it says: "Shine sun sky or rise sun sky", here's my perception of it, the opener could be "they" instead of "the", also the "shine" could be a verb making it "They rise sun in sky" or "They shine sun in sky". Is this an actual hieroglyph by the way?

[@lezzzd6137]

simple and informative, thank you for this Egyptian alphabet teaching 🤗🤗💜 I loved it and loved learning how to write my own name 😌😝

[@kimberlyvalverde7769]

*me with an overdue chemistry assignment* now seems like a great time to learn ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics

[@bilankim1448]

Thank you very much teachers. This was very important. Big jobs. God bless you!

[@malsoonsakit4786]

Youv've made it so easy and simple. Thanks

[@liamhart3731]

Ah, ancient lyrics for Mr. Blue Sky. What's Egyptian for "their ain''t a cloud in sight?"

[@garethalford682]

Best comment

[@kkjj6325]

Egyptonian hieroglyphs are imagesigns, egyptonians' writing is an imagewriting. Don't have to dekode, transform or explain it. Hungarian language is also imagelanguage thats why the hieroglyphs are readable in hungarian language continouesly. This was János Borbola's huge discovery.

[@kalpitsoni305]

OMG you made it super easy millions of thanks I want to join your classes

[@mikejones-go8vz]

If the animal or bird is facing left like the first example, then the translation should be read from right to left

[@guritarasi8732]

AAin is the Eagle in Albanian dialect of Italian South. "THOT-i spoke Albanian" By Giuzeppe Catapagno He study 40 years hieroglyphs..

[@saberliberta]

What a great interesting video. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@fahshala9747]

So Egyptian hieroglyphics are written by sound and not just by picture. Egyptians didn't use letter vowels but drawings that represented vowels and alphabet. A is a vulture drawing, B is a foot, C is a circle with lines, wow, amazing. I will come back to this.Memorizing and drawing to interpret the drawings would be the 🔑.Because each picture represents an alphabet to form words.My memory is good and I love to draw, this is definitely a challenge. I hope I am interpreting this right. I learned a few ancient alphabet today.Thank U for sharing!

[@thomasf.5768]

Very nice. Good teaching skills & great presentation.

[@davebowles1957]

So cool! Thank you for having this available. I drew along with him. I love to doodle so this will be a lot of fun to practice.

[@BillyCRoach]

rt. to left reading is also something to consider i will watch ur video an lern more .thanks billie

[@fatkraken3140]

I feel illuminated after all thank you so much !

[@rajanikanthtiwari6236]

thanks sir i am from India i loved it

[@ricktasker8248]

Wow! This guy really explains hieroglyphs. You have to pay for more videos in the series. This video was just a tease. But a goood tease :-) :-)

[@megw7312]

Yes.. just a tease. See Cymroglyphics at BritainsHiddenHistoryRoss for the real explanation.

[@vasumathyb7997]

Thank you sir for your clear explanation

[@trueprogamer3018]

I also heard that which ever way the bird is facing that the side you start reading on is this true? Like if the bird is facing to the left you read from left to right and if the bird is facing right you read from right to left

[@jasminemodasi4996]

TrueProGamer this is true! he mentions it in one of his lectures

[@colinthomson5358]

I've yet to watch this course but I know he mentions the fact about the birds in another course, The History of Ancient Egypt, within the first 10 episodes. I *think* the episode about the Rosetta Stone.

[@natasch1990]

true the correct way to translate this is: the sun (r')which shines (wbn) in (m) the sky (p.t).

[@natasch1990]

it's word order is verb-subject-object. So when trying to translate it you need to convert it to our way (s-v-o).

[@adjustmentbureau8222]

1:50 you do not know if the first bird on the line is a quail. Quails originate from north america.

[@karrole88]

It looks more like owl to me

[@purpleberrycelestialcolors9364]

That's truly great Sir. I feel I can now decode entire history of Egypt and Pyramid! 😂🤣

[@helunanova]

He has such an adorable personality and reminds me of my grandpa, I wish you all the best sir!

[@renleidl6793]

BOB BRIER IS THE BEST!

[@bettegregory4960]

Love Dr Bob Brier!

[@tomaszstarling]

Thank you Doctor Briar! This is the best Egypt language class I have ever seen! My biggest wish is to meet you one day and shake your hand Doctor! Thanks again for all your great work. Hello from Colorado ♥️💙🇺🇸💙♥️☮

[@cruisepaige]

TAVOR VICEROY VALDOR I love him. His passion, lack of snobbery and lack of patronizing. He’s very funny, too.

[@lebombjames3911]

This is peak 2am viewing

[@ralphsoto3436]

Thanks so much!! I needed this stuff for tomorrow in school

[@snowrain4127]

Love this video , such a great teacher 😊

[@StephiSensei26]

Thank you. Highly enlightening.

[@chrisnichols9014]

I love hieroglyphics. Such a cool alphabet.

[@pavelyakunin1409]

Good educational video. This gentleman is a great teacher

[@TheGreatCourses]

Thanks for the feedback, Pavel! We will share it with our team!

[@tecumsehtekawana1533]

Thank you that's pretty awesome , very neat and clear

[@urisnawazir]

This is owesome....thanku dear sir

[@lovleensharma2830]

this was awesome, i am learning now in 2020, anyone who has learnt it already?

[@basemali847]

yes sweet

[@StitchGV]

Watching for the first time, pausing it at 0:14 . “Scribe in Egypt”. 👍🏻🤗🤓

[@HmuThu-ee8tm]

thank you for teaching sir

[@knowledge-jm5dn]

What a awesome teacher

[@zielfab.maslin1507]

Thanks for a wonderful time.

[@jackavalcrafting4928]

Fantastic video. Thank you!

[@salguodm]

Hey everybody yes this teacher is a super star. If all you all ever want to take the most mind blowing inspiring trip to Egypt go with the Rosicrucian Initatic Journey though Egypt with the Egyptian Museum in San Jose California . Not only will you learn the Egyptian Alphabet & Hieroglyphic you will learn all about the your purpose in life and how to master you life. Plus you will learn about all the Egyptian Deities time line and how they relate to the Pharaoh time line.

[@dangavdan]

It's about communication and creativity. It's referencing chakras inside.

[@selendriamuganogo7077]

This is what I read about the heiroglyphs.. it’s long but interesting... 4 1 We must now speak about the Ethiopian writing which is called hieroglyphic among the Egyptians, p97 in order that we may omit nothing in our discussion of their antiquities. Now it is found that the forms of their letters take the shape of animals of every kind, and of the members of the human body, and of implements and especially carpenters' tools; for their writing does not express the intended concept by means of syllables joined one to another, but by means of the significance of the objects which have been copied and by its figurative meaning which has been impressed upon the memory by practice. 2 For instance, they draw the picture of a hawk, a crocodile, a snake, and of the members of the human body - an eye, a hand, a face, and the like. Now the hawk signifies to them everything which happens swiftly, since this animal is practically the swiftest of winged creatures. And the concept portrayed is then transferred, by the appropriate metaphorical transfer, to all swift things and to everything to which swiftness is appropriate, very much as if they had been named. 3 And the crocodile is a symbol of all that is evil, and the eye is the warder of justice and the guardian of the entire body. And as for the members of the body, the right hand with fingers extended signifies a procuring of livelihood, and the left with the fingers closed, a keeping and guarding of property. 4 The same way of reasoning applies also to the remaining characters, which represent parts of the body and implements and all other things; for by paying close attention to the significance which is inherent in each object and by training their minds through drill and exercise of the memory over a long period, they read from habit everything which has been written.

[@bariantejackson5852]

Pops name Andre his cartouche matched the ANDREA glphs perfect. To Read the alphabet you have to master metaphor A=Attraction/ awareness/ Atom/...for four fore p.h.o.r....to two too.... Ba=sol/subconscious/solar plexus/sole under foot...we still learning based on physics.

[@consumer61]

what do you do in situations where you have a small hieroglyph forced to stand alone?? i.e. sandwiched between larger hieroglyphs such that it cannot be stacked

[@hope-bymonika5822]

I was searching for the alphabet finally I got it, this is my pandemic utilising

[@megw7312]

Don’t think so... try ‘Cymroglyphics’ at BritainsHiddenHistoryRoss. Cymraeg is the correct language.

[@marierimmer7845]

I did the ancient Egyptian Alphabet ages ago from this channel.

[@babyme8886]

Thank you so much for this 😊🙏❤Namo Buddhaya ❤🙏☸

[@wanketta]

Coming in completely cold, the images told me ideographically about the sun was shining in the sky. I saw the circle with a dot (the sun) with the squiggly line (shining) and the big ellipse (sky). Scary.

[@tm75_88]

Very good !👍 Thx a lot for uploading 🙏

[@nakitatillis2715]

Awww....look at my Set in the background. 😀💓

[@amakafelix1462]

Thank you so much sir,this will help my sons' ancient Egypt project. I love your teaching sir thanks a lot

[@yafolksnemjo4267]

So, where did the information of what sounds the hieroglyphs represent come from when the civilization and language were dead for over a thousand years?

[@TheGreatCourses]

Jo, As is addressed in the course, it all starts with the Rosetta Stone. When the Rosetta Stone was discovered, everyone thought the code would be cracked quickly, but it wasn’t. It took more than 20 years before someone would finally be able to read the ancient Egyptian inscription. Everyone had been making the Big Mistake, assuming that the language was primarily ideographic. Even as Thomas Young and the French historian Jean-François Champollion were figuring out the alphabet, they both made that mistake. Today we will see how Champollion made the big breakthrough and became the first man in 2,000 years to read hieroglyphs. He realized the language was very similar to Coptic and built phonetically from there. What we’re pronouncing is based on the Coptic language, so it's not exactly what ancient Egyptian would have sounded like, but we can hypothesize it is close.

[@yafolksnemjo4267]

@@TheGreatCourses I am aware of the sounds of the Coptic language being utilized that's sort of the direction I was going in. Said this (about Coptic) in a comment a few weeks ago with ppl debating over the hieroglyphs and got pounced on in the comments by naysayers. Those who know know.

[@Xorgrim]

2 main factors: 1. Egyptian names written in other languages that had vowels like the peace treaty between Rameses II. and the Hittites. The Hittites wrote in Cuneiform which includes vowels. Part of the diplomatic letters and contracts were found in Hittite sites. (Like the Great courses plus said earlier, it works the other way as well. On the Rosetta stone a Greek name, Ptolemaios, was spelled in Egyptian) 2. The latest and still surviving descendend of the ancient Egyptian language is spoken by the Egytian Christian Minority, The Copts. The Copts use the greek alphabet, which also includes vowels. Jean Francois Champollion studied the Coptic language because he had a hunch that it would help him decipher the Rosetta Stone. He was right about that. CHampollion worked under the assumption that the the circled hieroglyphs on the stone must be something special, and figured them to be the Pharaoh's name. So he tried mapping the greek letters in the Pharaoh's name to hieroglyphs which were encircled. Based on that he tried to identify more words that included the same letters. I believe one of the words, he was able to identify using the Coptic language was the word for sun. Rah in Coptic, if I recall correctly. Of course it is more complicated than that, but that's it in a nutshell as far as I remember my University days. :)

[@Simiké-kemit10]

It is more correct to say i think that "the ancient Egyptian Medu Neter (Hieroglyphs)" instead of "the ancient Egyptian Alphabet". Thx😊

[@sahana4546]

Its awsom n helpful sir....tq

[@olivercedino3780]

Thank you for your impormation about egytian alphabets.

[@Islamistrue1]

excellent work

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Excellent video 💯👏

[@waltpicca33]

Walter Picca: Bob Brier Ph.D is wrong. Hieroglyphs do not represents letters in the English alphabet. They do not represent phonetic words or sounds. The 11 hieroglyphs he is referring to do not mean: "The sun is shining [or rising] in the sky."

[@mohammedkhalil61]

thank you very much it has been very useful , Greetings