Egyptian hieroglyphs

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Egyptian hieroglyphs (/ˌhaɪrəˈɡlɪfz/, from Greek: ἱερογλυφικά, lit. 'sacred carvings') are the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt. It combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with a total of some 1,000 distinct characters.

Etymology

The term hieroglyph comes from the Greek adjective ἱερογλυφικά (hieroglyphika), a compound of ἱερός (hierós 'sacred') and γλύφω (glýphō 'Ι carve, engrave'; see glyph).

Related Terms

• Logogram: A written character that represents a word or phrase.
• Syllabary: A set of written symbols that represent the syllables or (more frequently) moras which make up words.
• Ancient Egypt: A civilization of ancient North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated in the place that is now the country Egypt.
• Glyph: An elemental symbol within an agreed set of symbols, intended to represent a readable character for the purposes of writing.

See Also

• Cuneiform
• Mayan script
• Sumerian language

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Egyptian hieroglyphs
• Wikipedia's article - Egyptian hieroglyphs

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