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  • Written language certainly developed from the use of pictures, which were gradually curtailed into HIEROGLYPHICS, such as were used by the ancient Egyptians, and finally developed into the ALPHABET, each letter of which was originally a picture.

    Community Civics and Rural Life Arthur William Dunn 1897

  • HIEROGLYPHICS, the, of the Egyptians derive their origin from the science of correspondences and representations, 76, 342.

    The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730

  • ancient Egyptian religious texts written in HIEROGLYPHICS on the inner walls of PYRAMIDS dealing with funeral Rites, RITUALS, MAGICAL spells, PRAYERS, and other issues affecting the dead.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • Sen One Graphics and the Universal Zulu Nation Present: HIP HOP HIEROGLYPHICS

    12ozPROPHET CREW BLOGS Keo 2010

  • Sen One Graphics and the Universal Zulu Nation Present: HIP HOP HIEROGLYPHICS

    12ozPROPHET CREW BLOGS Keo 2010

  • [Illustration: SPECIMEN OF INDIAN HIEROGLYPHICS.] [Footnote: This cut represents a species of picture-writing occasionally used by the Indians.

    A Brief History of the United States

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