Dictionary covers ancient Egypt’s everyday language

U. CHICAGO (US) — Scholars have completed a dictionary that offers insight into the lives—taxes, work, and marriage—of people in ancient Egypt.The ancient language is Demotic Egyptian, a name given by the Greeks to denote it was the tongue of the demos, or common people. It was written as a flowing script and was used in Egypt from about 500 B.C. to 500 A.D., when the land was occupied and usually dominated by foreigners, including Persians, Greeks, and Romans.

The language lives on today in words such as adobe, which came...

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Published By: Society & Culture - Futurity - Wednesday, 19 September