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Hieroglyphics logo #10101) Ancient Egyptian writing 2) Rosetta Stone symbols
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Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics logo #10101) Ideograms
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Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics logo #21000[group] The Hieroglyphics combine fundamentally sound deliveries and lyrical content with original and sometimes jazzy or funky beats and samples. Since their inception, Hieroglyphics have found a following largely through their live concerts, podcasts (`Hierocasts`), and promotion through their website. The collective uses a three-eyed, st...
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hieroglyphics logo #20148[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!
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Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics logo #21217Hieroglyphics (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 picture-writing in general, such as that of the Mexicans...
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hieroglyphics logo #21009hieroglyphic, 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 belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols...
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Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics logo #10135designating 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.
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