hieroglyphical

It contains upwards of two hundred historical manuscripts, some in hieroglyphical characters anterior to the conquest, and many in the different ancient languages of the country.

Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

The nature of the characters shows conclusively that the Chinese system of writing, like that of all others with which we are acquainted, was at first purely hieroglyphical, that is, the characters were originally simply rude outline pictures of material objects.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

In the first place, it is apparent that the style of writing has been invented which is called hieroglyphical, and which has the appearance of

Ancient Egypt George Rawlinson 1857

It is not improbable that a kind of hieroglyphical writing existed in some of the Peruvian communities, especially among the Aymaraes.

Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology 1846

I enquired in vain for a piece of marble, with figures in relief, which La Roque saw; but in the corner of a house in the Bazar is a stone with a number of small figures and signs, which appears to be a kind of hieroglyphical writing, though it does not resemble that of Egypt.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

I enquired in vain for a piece of marble, with figures in relief, which La Roque saw; but in the corner of a house in the Bazar is a stone with a number of small figures and signs, which appears to be a kind of hieroglyphical writing, though it does not resemble that of Egypt.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

[p. 147] of small figures and signs, which appears to be a kind of hieroglyphical writing, though it does not resemble that of Egypt.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

Unwilling to expose their mysteries to vulgar eyes, they concealed their particular tenets, and principles of polity, under hieroglyphical figures; and expressed their notions of government by signs and symbols, which they communicated to their Magi alone, who were bound by oath not to reveal them.

[statue of ishtar] open again to selected members of the public 2009

Unwilling to expose their mysteries to vulgar eyes, they concealed their particular tenets, and principles of polity, under hieroglyphical figures; and expressed their notions of government by signs and symbols, which they communicated to their Magi alone, who were bound by oath not to reveal them.

Archive 2009-07-01 2009

It was observed that Dannischemend was rigid in paying his devotions, by prostrating himself in the first rays of the rising sun, and that he constructed a silver lamp of the most beautiful proportions, which he placed on a pedestal, representing a truncated column of marble, having its base sculptured with hieroglyphical imagery.

Anne of Geierstein 2008