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23 hours ago · The Rosetta Stone played a crucial role in deciphering hieroglyphics. Discovered in 1799, it featured the same text in three scripts: hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek, providing the key to understanding this ancient language. Jean-François Champollion announced the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script in 1822, thanks to the Rosetta Stone.
4 days ago · The word Lipī ( 𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀻) used by Ashoka to describe his "Edicts". Brahmi script (Li= 𑀮 La+ 𑀺 i; pī= 𑀧 Pa+ 𑀻 ii). The word would be of Old Persian origin ("Dipi"). Pāṇini (6th to 4th century BCE) mentions lipi, the Indian word for writing scripts in his definitive work on Sanskrit grammar, the Ashtadhyayi.
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3 days ago · Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs, is historically the native writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered.
- mixed
- Mayan languages
- 3rd century BCE to 16th century CE
- Logosyllabic
5 days ago · The Egyptian writing called hieroglyphics used pictures to represent different objects, actions, sound or ideas. There were more than 700 hieroglyphs. Some pictures stood for whole words. Write like an Egyptian, see you name in hieroglyphs. What does the word hieroglyph mean? Hieroglyphs is made from two Greek words: hieros meaning holy
4 days ago · The evolution of Egyptian hieroglyphs and subsequent scripts paints a vivid picture of a society deeply engaged in the complexities of communication and record-keeping. This review explores the origins, development, and impact of Egyptian writing, highlighting how these scripts have continued to inform and fascinate scholars and enthusiasts alike.
5 days ago · Linear A was the primary script used in palace and religious writings of the Minoan civilization. It was succeeded by Linear B, which was used by the Mycenaeans to write an early form of Greek. It was discovered by the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in 1900. No texts in Linear A have yet been deciphered.
4 days ago · Sometimes, it is used as a rebus in hieroglyphic inscriptions for the homophonous word yax “first, unripe, new, clean”. One famous example is the placename Yaxha’ , “green or clean water”, the name of a major archaeological site and its nearby lagoon in northern Guatemala, which apparently has kept the same name since the Classic Maya ...
