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Hi·er·o·glyph

/ˈhī(ə)rəˌɡlif/

noun
- 1. a stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems: "hieroglyphs describing the Mayan calendar"
Word Origin late 16th century: back-formation from hieroglyphic.
Scrabble Points: 22
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Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Egyptian hieroglyphs () were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with more than 100 distinct characters. Cursive hieroglyphs were used for religious literature on papyrus and wood. The later hieratic and demotic Egyptian scripts were derived from hieroglyphic writing, as was the Proto... Wikipedia
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