Question

They decorated their buildings, including temples, with these written pictographs leading Greek visitors to call them "holy inscriptions" or______

a) Sacred glyphs
b) Divine illustrations
c) Hieroglyphic art
d) Holy scriptures

Answer 1

Greek visitors called the Egyptian written pictographs 'holy inscriptions', which can be correctly termed as 'hieroglyphic art' used in temples and other buildings.The Egyptians themselves called this writing system medu-netjer, meaning "the god's words". They used a combination of symbols, alphabetic signs, syllabic signs, and pictures of objects to represent both sounds and ideas.

Step-by-step explanation:

The written pictographs used by the Egyptians for decorating their buildings, including temples, are known as hieroglyphics. This sophisticated script was a combination of alphabetic signs, syllabic signs, word signs, and pictures of objects that only highly trained scribes could master. As Greek visitors referred to these writings on religious buildings as "holy inscriptions," the correct term to describe them is hieroglyphic art (c), according to the context given.The Egyptians themselves called this writing system medu-netjer, meaning "the god's words". They used a combination of symbols, alphabetic signs, syllabic signs, and pictures of objects to represent both sounds and ideas.