Egyptians used Hieroglyphics and Papyrus like writing types. The Hieroglyphics were written on Papyrus. I guess you could say it's like today's letters to paper except back then, the Hieroglyphics was the letters and Papyrus was paper. Always carved in stone too.
Hieroglyphs were written on papyrus reed, which is a water or marsh plant, with tall straight hollow stems.The reeds were flattened, dried, and stuck together to make pages. The Egyptians also carved hieroglyphs onto stone and painted them on the walls of the tombs.
How they wrote it:
Scribes usually wrote on papyrus with reed brushes dipped in ink. The ancient Egyptians made ink by grinding brightly coloured minerals into powder, then mixing the powder with liquid so that it was easier to apply.
