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Hieroglyphs

 

 

Can you read these famous names?

These are all modern, not ancient Egyptian names. All the hieroglyphs you need are in a table below. Write your answers down on a piece of paper, then click here to see the answers. If you get stuck, click here for some clues.

Tips: Remember, what matters is how the name sounds, not how it's spelled. If you say the i sound in Mike slowly, you can hear it's not like the i in bit. It's actually a-i

Also, some sounds they didn't have in Egyptian. For example, there's no v, so we use an f.

 

 

 

 

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