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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3618020, member: 87200&quot;]There are two scholarly camps. One group dates the first evidence of hieroglyphs to the Narmer pallet, dating to approximately 3150 B.C. Theoretically it is believed that this piece of stonework illustrates King Narmer&#039;s unification of Upper and Lower Egypt...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]969415[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The other scholarly perspective is that hieroglyphs can be dated to approximately the Naqada II period of the Predynastic which dates a bit earlier to 3500 B.C. Here is an example of slipware pottery found at the site by Flinders Petrie. Note the squiggly lines on the upper right hand side of the pot. This may be the hieroglyph for &quot;water.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]969419[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My own theory is that the origins were probably a bit earlier than this, though there is no evidence in grave goods of earlier cultures yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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