Extracted from: Visible religion (Leiden) 4 (5) 1985-1986, pages 63-72. The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought ...
The elegant pictorial writing system of the ancient Egyptians—known as hieroglyphics—has fascinated generations of archeologists. Its precise origins are uncertain. One ancient Egyptian legend holds ...
Nowadays, it’s hard to imagine communicating without emojis. After all, how were humans supposed to convey complicated emotions and gestures like shrugs, prayer and thirst without succumbing to the ...