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Egyptian hieroglyphs typical of the Graeco-Roman period, sculpted in Relief.
Glyphs: viper, Owl
, 'bread bun', folded cloth

A hieroglyph (Greek for "sacred writing") was a character of the ancient Egyptian writing system. Logographic scripts that are pictographic in form in a way reminiscent of ancient Egyptian are also sometimes called "hieroglyphs".^[1] In Neoplatonism, especially during the Renaissance, a "hieroglyph" was an artistic representation of an esoteric idea, which Neoplatonists believed actual Egyptian hieroglyphs to be. The word hieroglyphics refer to a hieroglyphic script. Only those privileged with an extensive education (i.e. the Pharaoh, nobility and priests) were able to read and write hieroglyphs; others used simpler 'joined-up' versions: demotic and hieratic script.

List of hieroglyphic scripts

• Anatolian hieroglyphs


• Aztec hieroglyphs


• Cretan hieroglyphs


• Egyptian hieroglyphs


• Mayan hieroglyphs


• Mi'kmaq hieroglyphs


• Ojibwe hieroglyphs


• Olmec hieroglyphs


• 
  Chukchi's hieroglyphs - see Tenevil
  


• Xylem Hiero

See also

• List of languages by writing system


• Mother Goose in Hieroglyphics


• Emojis

References

Further reading

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  Allen, James P. (2001). Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521774833. OCLC 51226851. 
  


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  Brewer, Douglas J.; Teeter, Emily (2007). Egypt and the Egyptians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521851503. OCLC 433993212. 
  


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  Kamrin, Janice (2004). Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Practical Guide. New York: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 9780810949614. OCLC 55019226. 
  


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  Robinson, Andrew (2007). The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs & Pictograms. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-050028660-9. OCLC 172818065. 
  


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  The mom Story: A practical guide for the Pictograms. 
  

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