Chapter One (after class)

1.) First we discussed different pictographs found today. Next we went over the reading of Chapter one which described how the earliest forms of visual communication began from the cavemen to the Egyptians.

2.) We talked about petroglyphs which were carved or etched into rocks. Ideographs were symbols that expressed a certain idea. Next we talked about Cuneiform which was pictures or pictographs that represented words and syllables with either similar or the same sound that the object expressed. Lastly we talked about Hieroglyphics which was the Egyptian form of writing which used a lot of design and detail.

3.) I learned the differences between all the different types of writing such as petroglyphs and cuneiform because I was really confused on which was which after I finished reading the text.

4.)Are they completely able to understand Hieroglyphics now? Or are they still determining what new things mean?