Egyptian hieroglyphics
Ancient Nile script
Egyptian hieroglyphics are the writing system of ancient Egypt, using pictorial symbols to represent sounds, words, or concepts.
The term often appears redundantly, since hieroglyphic already means sacred carving—the Greeks named them for their appearance on temple walls.
Modern usage treats hieroglyphics as any indecipherable writing: I can't read his hieroglyphics.
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- ancient EgyptNile civilization of antiquity
- papyrusAncient plant-derived writing material
- cartoucheOval framing royal hieroglyphs
- scarabBeetle held sacred anciently
Nile · tomb · burial chamber · pyramid · Valley of the Kings · ankh · Rosetta · symbols · pictographs · scribes · temples · obelisk · sphinx · mummy · Book of the Dead · sacred · ancient · inscriptions
Egyptian hieroglyphicsLatin alphabet
Standard Western letter system
Roman alphabet · phonetic alphabet · Greek alphabet · IPA · Morse code
Egyptian hieroglyphicsemoji
Digital pictograph for messaging
digital text · contemporary writing · SMS language · texting
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