The picture writing was done on ______ .
(A) cloth
(B) windows
(C) walls
(D) the ground

Does using pictures instead of letters for writing sound like fun to you?

That’s what the people in Egypt did a long time ago.

This ancient system of writing is called hieroglyphics象形文字（尤指古埃及的文字）.  

In the old Egyptian system, each picture stood for接受, 容忍、代表 an idea.

These picture words were carved on temple walls and in other places where people gathered.

They told stories about the Egyptian gods and rulers恐怖統治（時期）, 統治者、尺子.  

They told stories about animals.

The picture words were also used to keep records of taxes and other business information.

You might find it hard to read Egyptian hieroglyphics象形文字（尤指古埃及的文字）even if you understood the pictures, because the picture words were written from right to left.