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Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Can we read Egyptian hieroglyphs?

Hieroglyphs can actually be read in almost any direction: left to right, right to left, and top to bottom. To determine how to read a specific set of glyphs, start by locating a glyph with a head. If the head is facing to the left, start reading from the left and work you way towards the head.

3 Ways to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphics - wikiHow

How do you decode Egyptian hieroglyphics?

The Rosetta Stone was a large stone tablet that acted as a cipher, or, a way of decoding information. It showed Greek words next to their Egyptian hieroglyphic counterparts. People could read Greek, so cryptologists used the Rosetta Stone to decipher the meaning of each hieroglyph.

Decoding Hieroglyphics - Girlstart

What are the 3 types Egyptian hieroglyphics?

Hieroglyphs consist of three kinds of glyphs: phonetic glyphs, including single-consonant characters that function like an alphabet; logographs, representing morphemes; and determinatives, which narrow down the meaning of logographic or phonetic words.

Egyptian hieroglyphs - Wikipedia

What does this mean 𓀡?

to be high, to exalt. 𓀡

List of Egyptian hieroglyphs - Wikipedia