Cracking The Code, Part One: The Hieroglyphs--presented by Sherin Motawea
Cracking The Code, Part One: The Hieroglyphs
Presented by Sherin Motawea
Tuesday, January 17, 7:00pm
Winsor Room
Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt, used for writing the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs combined logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements, with some 1,000 distinct characters. It also has several writing styles and was the foundation of current languages.
In Part One, native Egyptian Sherin Motawea will talk about the evolution of this language and you will learn how to write your name like the Pharaohs. Replicas will also be displayed.
Motawea is a graduate of the School of Tourism and Hotel Management in Egypt, where she earned a Bachelor of Egyptology. She then obtained her first Master of Arts in Museum and Heritage Studies from University College London, U.K., and then held the position of Head of the Egyptian Museums Department at the Supreme Council of Antiquities under the supervision of the renowned Egyptologist, Dr. Hawass.
The teacher has since conducted several educational programs and later completed a Master of Education degree at Widener University. Sherin Motawea is the proud mother of two daughters.
Registration is not required
- Date:
- Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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- 7:00pm - 8:45pm
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- Winsor Room
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- Radnor Memorial Library
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