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I once looked over the shoulder of a friend on Facebook and it looked like hieroglyphs to me. There's merit online, of course, but social media gets super freaky. Imagine if three generations from now, people online have forgotten what date or day of the week it is.

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Used specifically for Egyptian writing, not for other ancient scripts.

Ancient Writing

Often discussed in history or archaeology, not in everyday conversation.

Academic Context

Hieroglyphs are found on Egyptian artifacts like papyrus, pottery, and monuments.

Artifacts Connection

Hieroglyphs belong to the earliest forms of writing, using pictures to represent words.

Early Writing Forms

They represent objects directly and are used in a broader context than just Egypt.

Visual Communication

Hieroglyphs can give insights into the thoughts and values of past civilizations.

Cultural Importance

Describes complex, puzzling situations or objects, not just ancient symbols.

Figurative Use

Used to express when modern things feel as difficult to understand as ancient hieroglyphs.

Modern Complexity

What seems like a hieroglyph to one person might be clear to another.

Subjective Views

 with its symmetrical markings on the left, possible stylized representations of hands in the middle, and what looks a bit like a bracket on the right. The oldest systems of graphic communication in the world -- Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, the earliest Chinese script,

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 hieroglyphs scholars were able to crack the hieroglyphic code and for the first time understand the meaning of the ancient Egyptian language it's an object that's important to all of humanity it's important for all of us to have access to to seeing an object that's that's as

Egypt Wants Treasures...

 teeth they don't look like that that's actually the symbol of breath of the spirit of life that's emerging out of his mouth it's almost like a hieroglyph throne in three shown in three dimensions and of course the very famous lid I think we all have seen

Palenque and the Ancient...

 domestic cats became important to Egyptian religious culture. They gained immortality in frescos, hieroglyphs, statues, and even tombs, mummified alongside their owners. Egyptian ship cats cruised the Nile, holding poisonous river snakes at bay.

The history of the world...

 could read Maya hieroglyphs or decipher them at all but because his life has been dedicated to simply recording these monuments before they vanished into the hands of private collections and looters around the world that by documenting

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 these extra layers actually help preserve the ruins by protecting them from the elements some pieces of history that are easy to see are carvings that are all over the site the hieroglyphs tell the story of the kingdom by

Climb Ancient Temples in...

 the public to view with hieroglyphs and carved reliefs depicting ancient Egyptian life if you're willing to make steep climbs and navigate tight corners you can even explore the passageways of

Ancient Wonders:...

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 writing in Mesoamerica hieroglyphs in fact much of what we know about ancient Maya civilization comes from deciphering hieroglyphic characters inscribed in pottery stone slabs and other ruins

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 archaeologist first it's been my passion since grade school when I used to pass notes to my friends written in hieroglyphs but by studying the past of cancer we can understand disease today