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hieroglyphic🔊

A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus.

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A change came o'er the spirit of Don Henriquez' dream; from political he turned scientific; and his superabundant activity found ample employment in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.

(by extension) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.

Of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols.

Difficult to decipher.