hieroglyphic,Hieratic and Demotic

Hieroglyphs

-First used by Clement of Alexandria
-Earliest known example - 3400 BC
-Latest dated inscription was made on the gate of a temple at Philae in 396 A.D
-In the beginning they were carved in stone and colored.
-Mainly used for formal in scripts on the walls of temple and tombs.  

Hieratic

-A simplified and abbreviated form of the hieroglyphic script in which the people, animals and object depicted are no longer easily recognizable
- Written from right to left.

Demotic

- Developed from a northern variant of hieratic script in around 660 BC
- Used for writing business,legal,scientific,literary,and religious documents.