Comments on: Obama Finds Hieroglyph That Looks Like Him http://www.theliberaloc.com/2009/06/04/obama-finds-hieroglyph-that-looks-like-him/ Challenging Orange County's right-wing noise machine Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:55:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Misha Houser http://www.theliberaloc.com/2009/06/04/obama-finds-hieroglyph-that-looks-like-him/comment-page-1/#comment-39746 Misha Houser Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:31:37 +0000 http://www.theliberaloc.com/?p=8097#comment-39746 While it's true that hieroglyphs get flipped when chiseled in stone, that is rarely true on papyrus. It had to do with artistic symmetry and a concept about facing an entrance. Vowels were used in the writing of names and formal titles especially when the vowels define the name, as in Obama. If they had no use for vowels, the Egyptians wouldn't have invented the vowel representative hieroglyphs. I'm not an Egyptologist either, however I've been a student of Egyptian history for many years. There is an excellent Egyptology society here in Orange County (affiliated with the Bowers Museum and OC Public Libraries) as well as various Egyptophilic organizations throughout Southern California where you can learn more from folks who are far more expert than I. While it’s true that hieroglyphs get flipped when chiseled in stone, that is rarely true on papyrus. It had to do with artistic symmetry and a concept about facing an entrance.

Vowels were used in the writing of names and formal titles especially when the vowels define the name, as in Obama.

If they had no use for vowels, the Egyptians wouldn’t have invented the vowel representative hieroglyphs.

I’m not an Egyptologist either, however I’ve been a student of Egyptian history for many years. There is an excellent Egyptology society here in Orange County (affiliated with the Bowers Museum and OC Public Libraries) as well as various Egyptophilic organizations throughout Southern California where you can learn more from folks who are far more expert than I.

]]> By: Dan P http://www.theliberaloc.com/2009/06/04/obama-finds-hieroglyph-that-looks-like-him/comment-page-1/#comment-39735 Dan P Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:31:43 +0000 http://www.theliberaloc.com/?p=8097#comment-39735 Ancient Egyptian was written without vowels. So you can leave out all the vultures you used to represent 'a'. Also, if you're writing from right to left, you need to flip the hieroglyphs so the animals face to the right. Not that I'm an Egyptologist or anything... Ancient Egyptian was written without vowels. So you can leave out all the vultures you used to represent ‘a’. Also, if you’re writing from right to left, you need to flip the hieroglyphs so the animals face to the right.

Not that I’m an Egyptologist or anything…

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