What did ancient Egyptians record with hieroglyphs

The ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphs to record important events like wars or stories about their many gods and Pharaohs. Hieroglyphs were a series of symbols, or pictures, that represented words or sounds. There are over 700 different hieroglyphs in the hieroglyphic alphabet representing actual words and thousands of others used for individual sounds. The vast majority of ancient Egyptians were unable to read or write and depended on scribes and priests to render words into hieroglyphics.

Hieroglyphs were first used exclusively for inscriptions carved or painted on temple walls. This form of pictorial writing was also used on tombs, sheets of papyrus, wooden boards covered with a stucco wash, potsherds, and fragments of limestone. 

Like cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs were used for record-keeping but also for monumental display dedicated to royalty and deities. The last known hieroglyph inscription was written in 394 C.E.

The hieroglyphic script originated shortly before 3100 B.C., at the very onset of pharaonic civilization. It was not until the nineteenth century that Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered by Jean-François Champollion.

what materials were used to record hieroglyphs

Hieroglyphs were written on various materials in ancient Egypt, including papyrus, stone, clay tablets, and wood. Papyrus was a common writing material that was similar to thick paper. The Egyptians harvested the papyrus reeds and cut them into thin strips, which they then lined up on a flat surface to create sheets. They then pressed the sheets together and dried them to make a writing surface.

Ink and pigments were used to write hieroglyphs on papyrus. Historians believe that plant gums from the acacia tree family served as binders for the ink. Black ink was made from soot mixed with gum, while red ink was made from gum and ochre.

Stone surfaces such as tomb and temple walls were also used for carving hieroglyphs. Clay tablets were used for record-keeping purposes, and wood was used as a writing surface for carving inscriptions.

The ancient Egyptians used specialized tools to create hieroglyphic writings. Although modern-day Egyptians use pen, paper, and computers like the rest of the world, ancient Egyptians used reed brushes or pens made from split reeds to write on papyrus or carve inscriptions on stone surfaces.