hieroglyph
noun
hi·ero·glyph
ˈhī-(ə-)rə-ˌglif 
1
: a character used in a system of hieroglyphic writing
2
: something that resembles a hieroglyph
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According to the photos shared by the Post and The Archaeologist, several other Egyptian figures in similar light green outfits are seen crouching along either side of the larger figure with hieroglyphs written above them.
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Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
In fact, the Egyptian word for mother was written with the vulture hieroglyph.
—Ian Rose, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2024
New clues have surfaced as a result of Frédéric Payraudeau, an associate professor in Egyptology at Sorbonne University in Paris, reexamining a fragment of the granite sarcophagus and deciphering the hieroglyphs engraved on it.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 June 2024
The etchings, comparable to Egyptian hieroglyphs, have been subject to various interpretations over the past centuries.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
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Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
In fact, the Egyptian word for mother was written with the vulture hieroglyph.
—Ian Rose, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2024
New clues have surfaced as a result of Frédéric Payraudeau, an associate professor in Egyptology at Sorbonne University in Paris, reexamining a fragment of the granite sarcophagus and deciphering the hieroglyphs engraved on it.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 June 2024
The etchings, comparable to Egyptian hieroglyphs, have been subject to various interpretations over the past centuries.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
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hieroglyph
noun
hi·ero·glyph
ˈhī-(ə-)rə-ˌglif
: a character used in hieroglyphic writing
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