Back Hieroglyphen ALS هيرغليفية Arabic Xeroglíficu AST Heroqlif Azerbaijani Иероглиф Bashkir Hieroglyphenschrift BAR Іерогліф Byelorussian Герогліф BE-X-OLD চিত্র লিখন পদ্ধতি Bengali/Bangla Hijeroglifi BS
Hieroglyphs, or hieroglyphics, are a type of writing that uses ideogram, symbols or pictures to stand for sounds and words.[1] The Egyptians, Luwians and Mayan cultures are among those who used hieroglyphs. They have also been found in Turkey, Crete, United States and Canada.
They are thought to have started when pictures were used to tell stories on pots and other artwork. Over time, the pictures became letters.
The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek words ἱερός (hierós 'sacred') and γλύφειν (glúphein 'to carve' or 'to write'), and it was first used to mean Egyptian hieroglyphs. The Greeks who came to Egypt saw the picture letters, which were often found carved on house walls, tombs and monuments.
- ↑ "Ancient Scripts: Egyptian". ancientscripts.com. Retrieved 26 March 2010.