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Scribes were the only Egyptians who could read and write. That was considered a privilege, which they only shared with the rulers and the gods. Scribes learned all the scribal skills in temples for at least ten years. Ascribewrote letters for townspeople, kept accounts for the army, and more. Everything had to be written down; from the number of grain harvested, to building supplies, to work attendance, to wages and gifts. Texts that they wrote presented new stories and other types of literature that were not known before. There were texts such as biographies, instructions, literacy, history, and political views. Egyptian scribes used three different types of writing: hieroglyphics, hieratic, and demotic. They wrote everything down on a paper called papyrus, which was made from a papyrus plant.
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EzraA scribe was a person who went to scribe school to learn the alphabet and the hieroglyphics and the sounds they made and use their knowledge to keep records.
(example: one could write on pyramids or clay slabs to tell about the person buried or the item bought at one's store) :)
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What was an ancient Egyptian civil servant called?
The civil servant from Ancient Egypt is called scribes or sekhau.
Person who wrote and kept records in Ancient Egypt?
In ancient civilisations it was the scribe
What relations did scribes in ancient Egypt have with their pharaohs in ancient Egypt?
There were things called Royal Scribes that were the pharoah's personal scribe (if they were the top royal scribe;there were many). But there were also many scribes that had nothing to do with the government of Ancient Egypt.
What was the worst job to have in ancient Egypt?
The worst job to have in ancient Egypt was to be a slave...
In ancient Egypt the person whose job was to write and keep records was called?
they were called a scribe
