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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3617607, member: 87200"]Coptic is the last phase of the native language. Knowledge of hieroglyphs became lost once the temples were closed in the late 4th century. The last known hieroglyphic was inscribed in 394 A.D. under the reign of Theodosius. While some Arab scholars attempted to crack the code in the Middle Ages none were successful.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem was that when the temples were closed that ended the training of youth studying to be priests by learning hieroglyphic script. Since the priests were essentially the keepers of knowledge (it was legendary that hieroglyphs were given to the people by Thoth, god of scribes) it died out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3617607, member: 87200"]Coptic is the last phase of the native language. Knowledge of hieroglyphs became lost once the temples were closed in the late 4th century. The last known hieroglyphic was inscribed in 394 A.D. under the reign of Theodosius. While some Arab scholars attempted to crack the code in the Middle Ages none were successful. The problem was that when the temples were closed that ended the training of youth studying to be priests by learning hieroglyphic script. Since the priests were essentially the keepers of knowledge (it was legendary that hieroglyphs were given to the people by Thoth, god of scribes) it died out.[/QUOTE]
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