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There is a wonderful ride at EPCOT called Spaceship Earth! You board a β€œtime machine” and take a journey on how human communication has changed from the dawn of time to now! I have always loved this ride because it has an entire room dedicated to ancient Egypt π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š–! 

The narrator highlights some of ancient Egypt’s π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š– important contributions to human communication such as the invention of papyrus 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 paper and hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ!Β 

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A scene from Spaceship Earth showing a the pharaoh, the great wife, and a scribe writing on papyrus

Let’s read some hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ! Yes, some of the hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ in this ride are actually real! In the picture above, behind the pharaoh sitting on the throne, is the birth name cartouche π“ π“ˆ–π“ˆ™π“· of Seti I! What’s funny is that this looks like Tutankhamun’s π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–π“π“…±π“π“‹Ήπ“‹Ύπ“‰Ίπ“‡“ throne, but Seti I is sitting on it!Β 

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A closeup of the hieroglyphs on Spaceship Earth, showing the birth name cartouche of pharaoh Seti I

𓅭𓇳 – Son of Ra (one of the titles that appears before the birth name cartouche)

π“Šͺπ“π“Ž›- Ptah 

π“£π“‡Œ – Belongs to Seth (pronounced like β€œSeti”) 

π“Œ» – BelovedΒ 

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The replica of an ancient Egyptian temple on Spaceship Earth

The picture above shows what looks like a temple, but you can spot Seti I’s throne name cartouche, 𓇳𓁦𓏠:Β 

π“†₯ – King of Upper and Lower Egypt (title that appears before the throne name cartouche)

𓇳𓁦𓏠  – Menmaatra (β€œEternal 𓏠 is the Truth 𓁦 of Ra 𓇳”)

You can also see some other common phrases/titles on this temple such as β€œMonuments 𓏠𓏍,” β€œLord of the Two Lands π“ŽŸπ“‡Ώπ“‡Ώ,” β€œPerfect God π“ŠΉπ“„€,” β€œIt is/To Be π“ƒΉπ“ˆ–π“ˆ–,” and β€œSky π“Šͺ𓏏𓇯.” 

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A man making papyrus paper on Spaceship Earth
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Another view of the temple on Spaceship Earth, this time showing Anubis

The pictures above show a man making papyrus 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 paper and the temple – and you can see Anubis π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“Šͺ𓅱𓃣 in the bottom left!

I hope you’re enjoying my β€œAncient Egypt in Disney” series! Let me know in the comments!

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