Posted By admin on August 4, 2009

Name Hieroglyphics Ancient

what does the names Chelsea Kathryn and Joesph Walker mean in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics?

please i need this for an art project and fast! please and thank you

Clarifying questions: Do you wish to know what Egyptian hieroglypics "spell" out the sounds of those names? Or, do you wish to know the meaning of each name: Chelsea, Kathryn, Joseph, and Walker and then what the Egyptian versions of those name meanings would look like in Egyptian hieroglypics?

I am going to assume you mean what do the sounds of each name translate into Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Read the info on this web page 1st. It talks about not using silent letters in a European-style name (like spelling "Chelsea" as "chlsi" for hieroglyphic name transliteration. (Read all the info about the letter sounds for that to make sense.) The page also has info on who is entitled to have their name enclosed in a cartouche, in case you are interested:

http://www.jimloy.com/hiero/yourname.htm

Here is a link to an Egyptian hieroglyphic translator -- each letter sound is translated into a hieroglyph:

http://www.guardians.net/egypt/hieroglyphs/hiero-translator.htm

This one is good, too -- and gives the same results of the web page above, it's just in color:

http://www.discoveringegypt.com/e-name.htm

Have fun!

Category: Antiques
Tags: egypt, egyptian, fun, hieroglyphics, history