Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs Episode 1, Why Egypt Needed Hieroglyphs Episode 1, Why Egypt Needed Hieroglyphs.

Streaming video - 2016

Before learning how to read and write hieroglyphs, you have to understand why ancient Egypt had to invent some form of writing. Central to this introductory lecture is a study of the Narmer Palette, whose writing would set standards and conventions that would be followed for 3,000 years.