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Look up: Hieroglyphics

  1. Hieroglyphics
    designating or pertaining to a pictographic script particularly that of the ancient Egyptians; in hieroglyphic writing, many of the symbols used by the ancient Egyptians are pictures of things represented by the words for which the symbols stand.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. hieroglyphics
    [Noun] A picture or symbol used in ancient Egyptian writing. Often used about writing that is difficult to understand.
    Example: Her handwriting was like Egyptian hieroglyphics!
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  3. hieroglyphics
    hieroglyphic, hieroglyphics 1. A writing system that uses symbols or pictures to denote objects, concepts, or sounds, originally and especially in the writing system of ancient Egypt (takes a singular verb). 2. Writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible). 3. Written in or bel...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  4. Hieroglyphics
    Hieroglyphics (so called from the Greek hieros, sacred, and glypho, I engrave), is a term originally applied to the inscriptions sculptured on buildings in Egypt, in the belief that the writing was confined to sacred subjects, and legible only to the priests. The term has also been applied to pictur...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  5. Hieroglyphics
    (group) `Hieroglyphics`, also known as the `Hieroglyphics Crew` and `Hiero`, are an American underground hip hop collective based in Oakland, California. The collective was founded in the early-1990s by rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien. The collective is currently composed of rappers Del the ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieroglyphi

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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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