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==Egypt==

==Egypt==

[[Image:EgyptianHieroglyphs.jpg|150px|thumb|Hieroglyphs from the Greco-Roman period.]]

[[Image:EgyptianHieroglyphs.jpg|150px|thumb|Hieroglyphs from the Greco-Roman period.]]

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs form the basis for many modern writing systems, due to the influence of Egypt in the ancient Mediterranean.

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs form the basis for many modern writing systems, due to the influence of Egypt in the ancient Mediterranean.  While Egyptian hieroglyphs appear to have developed from earlier Egyptian pottery art, cuneiform in the neighboring Babylon developed first, and it is probably that Egyptian merchants would have been introduced to cuneiform before the development of hieroglyphs, so a Sumerian influence is likely.

[[Image:Rosetta stone.jpg|left|100px|thumb|The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum.]]

[[Image:Rosetta stone.jpg|left|100px|thumb|The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum.]]

Egyptian hieroglyphs were mostly forgotten by the Western world until Napoleons exploits in Egypt brought back many inscriptions.  They were finally deciphered upon the discovery of the [[Rosetta stone]], a single stone document which contained the same inscription in Greek, heiroglyphs, and cuneiform.

Egyptian hieroglyphs were mostly forgotten by the Western world until Napoleons exploits in Egypt brought back many inscriptions.  They were finally deciphered upon the discovery of the [[Rosetta stone]], a single stone document which contained the same inscription in Greek, heiroglyphs, and cuneiform.