Did you know...
*Ancient Egyptians wrote with pictographs (pictures used for writing), called hieroglyphs.

*The animals tell you on which side to begin reading the inscription. When the animals face to the left, begin reading from the left; when they face to the right, begin reading from the right.

*Different types of birds were used in Egyptian inscriptions.

Look for...
*Three different types of birds; which direction are they facing?

*Snakes

*Eye

Detail of Coffin Case and Cover of the Priestess of Amen-Ra, Nesykhonsu
Gessoed and painted sycamore fig wood, height 6 feet 11 inches
Egypt, Thebes, late Dynasty 21 or early Dynasty 22, 959-909 BC
© The Cleveland Museum of Art
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.714