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Hieroglyph Terms

A glossary of terms, expressions and short biographies relevant to the study of hieroglyphs.
Coptic
What is coptic?
Determinative
What is a Determinative?
Double Crown of Egypt
What was the Double Crown of Egypt?
Gardiner, Sir Alan
What did Sir Alan Gardiner do?
Hieroglyph
What are ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs?
Inundation
What was the Inundation?
Pictogram
What is a pictogram?
Transliteration
What is transliteration?

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