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Stargate Graphing Project

Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis are my most favorite tv shows of all time! I started watching them when I was a teenager and instantly loved them. As someone who loves both ancient Egypt and science, StargateΒ π“‹΄π“‡Όπ“ƒ€π“Š€π“ˆ–π“‹΄π“ƒ€π“„Ώπ“‡Όπ“‡³π“¦Β was the perfect combination of both! This picture is of a project that I did for my pre-calc class in high school! We had to make a picture on a graphing calculator using equations, and of course I chose to graph a StargateΒ π“‹΄π“‡Όπ“ƒ€π“Š€π“ˆ–π“‹΄π“ƒ€π“„Ώπ“‡Όπ“‡³π“¦!Β 

I idolized both Daniel Jackson (archaeologist) and Samantha Carter (astrophysicist) and wanted to be just like both of them! I guess my wish came true because over 15 years later, I am teaching hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ to all of you, and I teach astrophysics to high school students! Sam Carter is actually the reason I became a scientist – seeing her do science inspired me! I wanted (and still want) to be just like her! Its crazy how a tv show had such a tremendous and positive impact on my life – its honestly hard to put it into words how much Stargate π“‹΄π“‡Όπ“ƒ€π“Š€π“ˆ–𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼𓇳𓏦 means to me. 

So how do you write β€œStargate” in hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ? Let’s take a look at the hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ from the movie: π“‹΄π“‡Όπ“ƒ€π“Š€π“ˆ–𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼𓇳𓏦 – β€œGate to the Stars” (Stargate)

π“‹΄π“‡Όπ“ƒ€π“Š€ – Gate/Doorway

π“ˆ– – To 

𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼𓇳𓏦 – Stars

I love how the root word of both gate/doorway and star are the same word: π“‹΄π“ƒ€π“„Ώ. They would both be pronounced like β€œsba” – its just the determinative symbols that are different! In the movie, π“‹΄π“‡Όπ“ƒ€π“Š€ is a little messed up and should be spelled like this: π“‹΄π“ƒ€π“‡Όπ“Š€, but I’ll forgive it because the hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ are actually quite good!