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“Syllabic” Linear B had many logograms, and “logographic” Egyptian hieroglyphs included many syllabic signs as well as a virtual alphabet of individual letters for each consonant. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Useless to me in any case, an ancient hieroglyph to which the key’s been lost. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
Champollion resisted the idea of hieroglyphs as pictorial metaphors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The best that could be said was that Arabella’s lack of freckles was the sign—the hieroglyph, Briony might have written—of her distinction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
And of course Marshall’s hieroglyph was the double crown of Egypt because he was already the boy-pharaoh—and that’s what he liked to be best. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
A symbol to go with Aida was a bit of a problem, but finally Melanie picked the bird hieroglyph because it stood for the letter A in the real Egyptian alphabet. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
He thought up his own hieroglyph of a bloody sword. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Early Egyptian hieroglyphs recorded religious and state propaganda and bureaucratic accounts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Before the spread of alphabetic writing, systems making much use of logograms were more common and included Egyptian hieroglyphs, Maya glyphs, and Sumerian cuneiform. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Champollion also had the presence of mind to count up the number of Greek words and the number of individual hieroglyphs in what were presumably equivalent texts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Bod followed it up the hill to the Egyptian Walk, where the winter ivy hung in green tumbles, an evergreen tangle that hid the mock-Egyptian walls and statues and hieroglyphs. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
He halted and dropped to one knee, scratching the hieroglyph of the pintail duck in the dust with his finger. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
Each Gnommish figure had to be enlarged, printed, and then compared with the hieroglyphs. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
Intricate loops and spirals had been carved on either side, ancient hieroglyphs the meaning of which had been lost to the ages. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
Sam blinked at the silver-foil scroll that was handed him, upon which, in hieroglyph, snake figures danced. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, Toby said it gave him an idea for a hieroglyph for himself. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
But not every hieroglyph is a letter or syllable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Briony could not see her mouth, but she knew its downward curve, easily mistaken for the sign—the hieroglyph—of reproach. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Starting around 1700 B.C., though, Semites familiar with Egyptian hieroglyphs did begin to experiment with that logical step. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
It didn't have the glamour of Egyptian hieroglyphs—it was made up mostly of dashes—yet it was from these marks that history had officially begun. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
It was a real Egyptian hieroglyph and it meant “heart,” to go with Nefertiti, which means “Beloved One.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were many fewer of the former, again suggesting that the hieroglyphs were mainly letters and syllables. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
That evolution of the alphabet can be traced back to Egyptian hieroglyphs, which included a complete set of 24 signs for the 24 Egyptian consonants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
I watch as his lips move over the hieroglyphs. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
But it had taken many centuries to figure out, and there was a great deal more to do, especially in the decipherment of the hieroglyphs of much earlier times. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
At first he is curled up, a mercurial foetus; and then, with slow grace, he reorganises his body until one reads him as a hieroglyph, the human form discernible only with effort. Cirque du Soleil: Totem ? review 2011-01-09T00:06:11Z
Indeed, emoticons may become so sophisticated that they will wipe away 5,000 years of the evolution of writing, and return all our e-mails to a series of hieroglyphs. | Smiley Virus 2010-12-21T23:00:09Z
He loved to create lists, grids, inventories, alphabets and hieroglyphs, maps, registries and shelving systems. Review | The story of Christopher Columbus’s son, the ultimate completist 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z
Eager fans have analyzed that 30-second teaser clip with the exegetical rigor typically reserved for ancient hieroglyphs. ‘And Just Like That’: The Shoe Must Go On 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z
Also known as the ​Aztec Codex, it was created sometime between 1570 and 1595 and shows native Aztec and Nahuatl maps, hieroglyphs and illustrations side-by-side with some text written in Spanish. Rare 16th-century Mesoamerican codex goes online at the Library of Congress 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z
We study crossed out words, watch a phrase contract or expand from one page to another, or enjoy the odd drawing, suspended between lettering and hieroglyph. Review: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Unknown Notebooks’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z
“You and the Night and the Music” involved a kind of sultry performance art, as Ms. Freelon moved her arms like a voguing hieroglyph. Music Review: Nnenna Freelon: Vocalist Who Bends Melodies 2010-05-12T20:28:00Z
The first thing she noticed, she said, was that some emojis look like hieroglyphs. Emojis Meet Hieroglyphs: If King Tut Could Text 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z
And beyond the open porch, where a black dog like a hieroglyph is sitting, a small green glimpse of forest floor, and a man on horseback, waiting. Gauguin: Into the mystic 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z
A man who was whipped repeatedly as a child “pulled up his undershirt and showed me the white scars all up and down his back, like hieroglyphs recording history.” A literary mystery: What drew Eudora Welty to detective writer Ross Macdonald? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z
At first glance, the granite statue follows the canonical representation of the official who mastered the difficult art of hieroglyphs. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z
In fifth grade, she recalled, she completed a project on the world of pyramids and hieroglyphs. Zilpha Keatley Snyder, celebrated author of ‘The Egypt Game’ and other classics, dies
The references to Memphis and Thebes, Isis and Phthah remain in the libretto, but there's not a hieroglyph or a pyramid, let alone an elephant, to be seen. Aida 2010-04-28T20:30:00Z
And the three bands of text — classical Greek, hieroglyphs and an Egyptian shorthand called Demotic — were intended to proclaim the monarch’s achievements in multiple tongues to the peoples of the empire. The 20-Year Contest to Crack the Code of the Rosetta Stone 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z
Perhaps her most distinctive pieces are gigantic, largely monochromatic murals with repeating patterns that evoke hieroglyphs and 1960s pop art. Velázquez in Berlin and Yoko Ono in Casula, Australia: Global Arts Guide 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z
That flute was in turn dwarfed by a neon light sculpture on the back wall that echoed the instrument’s shape, forming a one-armed abstraction of an ankh, the Egyptian hieroglyph signifying breath of life. Review: Claire Chase Explores the Flute’s Possibilities 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z
The Fallon designer Dana Lorenz, whose current collection is filled with ancient Egyptian iconography, admits to an obsessive addiction to the television series “Lost,” which she regards as “deeply embedded with Egyptian symbolism and hieroglyphs.” Fine Points: Baubles and Bangles Inspired by Ancient Egypt 2010-05-12T19:02:00Z
Each delivers the messy riot you’d hope for, busy with crunchy hieroglyphs of fried noodles and splattered with yogurt and tamarind sauce. A Full-Throated Defense of Traditional Indian Cooking 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z
He even includes a story by Robert W. Chambers — about mesmerism and ancient hieroglyphs — that isn’t taken from that author’s notorious 1895 volume, “The King in Yellow.” Review | Long before ‘Ghostbusters,’ fiction’s detectives were exploring the otherworldly 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z
Almost immediately, users began digitally inserting the character into history: they created Slender Man in hieroglyphs and faux 16th-century German woodcuts. How Slender Man Became a Legend 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z
Andy Warhol refined the image of Marilyn Monroe till it was almost insubstantial, a hieroglyph in place of a likeness, with neither age nor identity nor expression. Now please pay attention everybody. I'm about to tell you what art is 2011-03-06T22:30:00Z
The act of forgetting was characteristic of Egypt; this was a country where people had written hieroglyphs for more than three millennia and then lost all knowledge of them for another thousand-plus years. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z
Some other holes were tagged with the Nefer hieroglyph, the symbol for “good”; perhaps some benefit accrued to pieces that landed there, Carter speculated. What We Learn from One of the World’s Oldest Board Games 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z
The album is a slab of songs like hieroglyphs: figurative but cryptic, revolving around situations or archetypes that are never fully explained. Music Review: St. Vincent Sings at Metropolitan Museum of Art - Review 2011-08-26T23:18:13Z
Tight columns of text are piled one atop the other like hieroglyphs in an Egyptian relic. Image and Text Collide at Amsterdam Show 2010-08-18T10:00:00Z
The men walk swiftly in profile, on bent legs, their palms lifted and flattened like figures from Egyptian hieroglyphs. Dance Review: From Japan, a Reminder That We Are Dust, and to Dust We Return 2010-10-06T21:44:00Z
Images provided a bridge to comprehension when words were little more than mysterious hieroglyphs. 3 Illustrated Novels With Animal Magnetism 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z
He designed a hieroglyph, the Monas Hieroglyphica, which embodied this unifying principle - the astrological symbols united in one form. Magical mystery man 2011-06-07T07:09:40Z
A talented pattern maker, she transforms eccentric geometric shapes and super-realistic pictures — of people, pizza and paintings, among other things — into information-age hieroglyphs. Ruth Root's hierogylphics for a modern age rise in DTLA 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z
Small clusters, scattered fields or pileups of shapes, objects and hieroglyphs are a constant. 2010-02-12T00:02:00Z
Its delicately carved hieroglyphs, here beautifully lit, describe hefty taxes on imports and exports payable to an Egyptian goddess. Deep rising 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z
As for the wall covered with hieroglyphs, it was an image from a book, and the model was just Photoshopped in, she said. Using History to Sell Clothes? Don?t Try It With the Pharaohs 2011-04-18T22:49:26Z
The music sheets are photographed and manipulated on a computer by Khan to become a lone image whose blurred hieroglyphs seem to convulse. Artist of the week 80: Idris Khan 2010-03-25T13:25:00Z
Some incorporate secret writing: hieroglyphs in one, mirror writing in another. Exhibition Review: Diarists Share Tales ? True or Not ? of Lives Richly Lived 2011-01-21T19:10:36Z
A chart at the entrance of the exhibition pairs a column of hieroglyphs with a column of emojis. Emojis Meet Hieroglyphs: If King Tut Could Text 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z
Jaudon’s paintings draw on a host of dazzling sources: Arabic writing, Mayan hieroglyphs, Japanese characters — even a kid’s game of Chutes and Ladders. Valerie Jaudon's paintings: The more you look, the more you're pulled into her world 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z
He shows me the latter's 2004 album sleeve, featuring an unreadable hieroglyph. Home of Metal turns the Midlands up to 11 2011-07-10T20:30:02Z
Thothirdes’s low-quality embalmment is consistent with the unsophisticated hieroglyphs on his coffin, which will be on view alongside his body in “The Mummy Chamber.” Antiques: Bringing Out the Mummies at the Bass Museum 2010-04-29T20:57:00Z
“Humans have been baking bread for thousands of years, and we know about the earliest bakers from hieroglyphs in Egypt,” said Lauren Nichols, an ecologist at North Carolina State University. Ever wondered about the science behind bread? 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z
A book about colour, irony and what Ghirri called "hieroglyphs", both obvious and elliptical. The best photography books of 2012: an alternative selection 2012-12-21T16:01:33Z
The Egyptians had a hieroglyph fashioned after the barn owl. Tony Angell: A grateful guest in ‘The House of Owls’ 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z
“She has created a monument to living architecture, carved exquisitely with a pictographic vernacular that meshes ancient hieroglyphs with the visual motifs of her home and community.” Lauren Halsey Chosen for Met Roof Installation 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z
In “Activities,” camping and hunting scenes cover the surface, creating an allover pattern of ghostly hieroglyphs and casting a semi-abstract lakeside terrain at twilight. Art Review: ‘William Wegman: Hello Nature’ at Bowdoin College Museum 2012-08-16T17:46:55Z
Origins will chronicle the journey of Catherine Langford, a woman whose obsession with alien hieroglyphs kicked off the events of the original series. Here Are All the Trailers From Comic-Con 2017 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z
The hieroglyphs, the ibises, the replica of King Tutankhamen’s throne standing on leonine paws, with winged snakes for arms: All this is not so much exoticism as nostalgia and tribute. At Tut’s Hub, Egyptian Street Foods Get a Temple 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z
The grandest of grand operas, its staging that July night was a profusion of massive choruses against gigantic hieroglyphs. Revel in opera in Italy 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z
In the Valley of the Kings, the vivid hieroglyphs of Ramses IX’s tomb are breathtaking, but it’s Tutankhamun’s burial chamber that takes me by surprise. Our big exotic sleepover: a single-parent tour of Egypt 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z
Our initial response to these hieroglyphs of oppression, desire or death may be to admire the prodigious skill with which he produced them. Keith Haring, the Political Line – review 2013-05-14T13:01:35Z
In the end, this sparkling exhibition traces the perpetuation essential to Basquiat’s art: the progress from lettering to hieroglyphs to images whose very infrastructures still echo with letter forms. Review: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Unknown Notebooks’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z
Visitors can quiz themselves on their understanding of emojis and their newly acquired knowledge of hieroglyphs on interactive screens. Emojis Meet Hieroglyphs: If King Tut Could Text 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z
The pharaoh is deep turquoise — the color of Egyptian faience — as is the wall behind him, which is incised with hieroglyphs. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z
In the subsequent vignettes, three men in slender tunics — so lean and angular they might pass for hieroglyphs — enact the laborious trials required to reach heaven. Review: ‘Go Forth’ Finds the Living and the Dead Bound Together 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z
Archaeologists have also found Egyptian hieroglyphs carved into the tomb of Pharaoh Seth-Peribsen that date to around the same historical period. What’s the World’s Oldest Language? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z
Large cities and grand architecture were features of the region due to readily available and plentiful food supplies, and hieroglyphs remained that left a clear and permanent record of key moments of its history. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
These were 50 feet high, six feet in diameter, painted with hieroglyphs and topped with gigantic papyrus blossoms. Perspective | In June 1923, Washington was transformed into the Middle East 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z
From an early age, she was fascinated with Egypt, hieroglyphs and stories of archaeological discovery. Review | A little-known French archaeologist, finally in the limelight 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z
“They’re really abstract designs in a realistic framework — hieroglyphs for my feelings. I draw the way I do to catch people’s attention — it makes people look twice.” John Grazier, penniless artist of striking perspective, dies at 76 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z
Sometimes they seem almost to float, to unfurl across the horizontal canvases like giant, jazzy hieroglyphs. Review | Up close with the sexiest nudes in modern art 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z
The use of Egyptian hieroglyphs, for example, continued for centuries until it was ultimately replaced by Meroitic, an alpha-syllabic script derived from the Egyptian Demotic script. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
Egyptian hieroglyphs don’t have much to do with Islam. Perspective | In June 1923, Washington was transformed into the Middle East 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z
To support his radical reassessment, Dr. Reeves pointed to a pair of cartouches — ovals or oblongs enclosing a group of hieroglyphs — and a curious misspelling painted on the tomb’s north wall. King Tut Died Long Ago, but the Debate About His Tomb Rages On 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z
The Maya, with their staggeringly precise calendars, sophisticated hieroglyphs, highly productive agricultural system and ability to predict celestial phenomena such as eclipses, were arguably the most enlightened culture of the New World. Unearthing a Maya Civilization That ‘Punched Above its Weight’ 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z
He couldn’t puzzle out the hieroglyphs, but he deciphered numbers written in a table. What did the ancient Maya see in the stars? Their descendants team up with scientists to find out 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z
From ancient hieroglyphs to works of art to blog posts, from histories and biographies written by later scholars to Google Maps, sources help us build our interpretations of the human story. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
Recall that many of the Egyptian hieroglyphs stood for sounds in the spoken language. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Not by chance, this hieroglyph is the first character of the divine component of Tutankhamun’s name, ‘-amun,’ in all standard writings.” King Tut Died Long Ago, but the Debate About His Tomb Rages On 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z
Keele studied Greek, Japanese, Chinese and Egyptian hieroglyphs and these words and symbols are part of many of the pieces he produces today. Discovering new artists of African descent in the Pacific Northwest | Provided by Onyx Fine Arts Collective 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z
Its public lampposts and trash cans are adorned with bibliophilic hieroglyphs. This village was a book capital. What happens when people stop buying so many books? 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z
If a historian is looking at Ancient Egypt, a statue of a pharaoh is a primary source for that time period, as are hieroglyphs that tell of the pharaoh’s reign. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
Scientists believe the symbols, like hieroglyphs, are used both to depict an object and also as phonetic sounds. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
The earliest record of large-scale beekeeping comes from Egyptian hieroglyphs dating back 4,500 years. Entering the sacred realm of the bees with honey bee therapy 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z
About a decade ago, amid debates over the national Common Core standards, many parents bemoaned math exercises that they said seemed to dump line-by-line computation in favor of veritable hieroglyphs. California tries to close the gap in math, but sets off a backlash 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z
The dashed lines on the tissue paper within looked like cuts of beef, but from these hieroglyphs my mother could conjure fashion. Perspective | So you think you can sew: My experience with a needle is somewhat patchy. 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z
Egyptian hieroglyphs depict backbends, according to Britannica, and stone engravings from ancient China illustrate acrobats. EXPLAINER: How gymnastics evolved from ‘exercising naked’ 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z
However, that changed in the following century when translated hieroglyphs on the mummy’s coffin and covering revealed the name of an Egyptian priest, Hor-Djehuty. In a First, Researchers Discover a Pregnant Egyptian Mummy 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z
The software's launch coincides with the anniversary of the discovery of the Rosetta stone, which first enabled experts to learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphs. Google launches digital hieroglyphics translator 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z
On July 15, 1799, French soldiers in Egypt discovered the Rosetta Stone, which proved instrumental in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Today in History 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z
They used a form of writing that was phonetic, based on sounds rather than logographs like Egyptian hieroglyphs. Opinion | The Elites Were Living High. Then Came the Fall. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z
As my grandfather spoke, the lines on his chocolate-tinted face deepened, and, illuminated by our campfire, those wrinkles looked like scattered strokes of forgotten hieroglyphs. The smoking mirror 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z
Nesyamun was mummified and entombed in a coffin inscribed with hieroglyphs, mainly texts from the Book of the Dead. A 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy speaks again, with some high-tech help 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z
Most of its contents had been looted or destroyed by fungi, but two rotting cedar panels turned out to be etched with images and hieroglyphs. An Afterlife So Perilous, You Needed a Guidebook 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z
But it’s in our hands now, still illegible unless we push back hard against the artificial dividing line between history and prehistory, hieroglyphs and petroglyphs, between the “primitive” and the “advanced.” ‘Humans were not centre stage’: how ancient cave art puts us in our place 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z
“Every one of those hieroglyphs that might seem strange were sourceless,” Aster said. Director Ari Aster creates the charming, seductive — and deadly — grip of 'Midsommar' 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z
“Forming a government looked complicated in April, now it’s an inscrutable hieroglyph,” El Pais newspaper wrote. Spain faces tough government talks after inconclusive vote boosts far right 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z
"I was hallucinating, thinking I was in Egypt, seeing hieroglyphs on the walls, really losing it," Tom says. 'If you want to live, squeeze my hand' 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z
What exactly were the Mayans describing with the hieroglyph that is translated as “burn”? There are many kinds of burning. Burning of Mayan City Said to Be Act of Total Warfare 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z
He said the vandals did not paint over Native American hieroglyphs in the area. BLM seeks vandals who defaced famous archaeological site 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z
Upon the fabric of this strap was written a long chain of human hieroglyphs – “Equipment of St Petersburg”, the writing said. Humanity has truly lost its way if we’re weaponising beluga whales | Jules Howard 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z
Something about ancient Egypt naturally connects with children, who seem to understand it at a visceral level: the animal-headed gods, the beauty of the hieroglyphs. Into the pharaoh's chamber: how I fell in love with ancient Egypt 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z
You’ll spend as much time arguing with Six as you will translating hieroglyphs. Heaven’s Vault is a sci-fi adventure about uncovering ancient alien cultures 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z
"It's one of the first artefacts whose hieroglyphs I tried to translate, so that's quite special to me," she says. The women who love mummies 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z
Imagine asking an English speaker to parse some Egyptian hieroglyphs. Watch 2 adorably clueless teens, 17, baffled by a rotary phone 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z
The walls are decorated with colorful hieroglyphs and statues of pharaohs, while sculptures of the buried priest and his family were placed in the tomb. 4,400-Year-Old Tomb of Royal Egyptian Priest Is Unearthed 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z
The tomb, which was found in the Saqqara pyramid complex near Cairo, is filled with colorful hieroglyphs and statues of pharaohs, National Geographic reports. 'One of a kind,' nearly 4,400-year-old tomb discovered in Egypt 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z
The walls are decorated with hieroglyphs and statues of pharaohs. Egypt unveils 'one of a kind' ancient tomb, expects more finds 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z
The tomb, found in the Saqqara pyramid complex near Cairo, is filled with colourful hieroglyphs and statues of pharaohs. Egypt reveals 'one of a kind' tomb find 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z
It is a broken part of a bigger slab with text carved on to it that has helped researchers learn how to read Egyptian hieroglyphs - a form of writing that used pictures as signs. A guide to Africa's 'looted treasures' 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
Corn was more than a source of sustenance for the Olmecs, Maya and Aztecs; it also had important spiritual significance, as depicted in hieroglyphs and other artwork. The dishes on your Thanksgiving table have deep, indigenous roots beyond the first feast 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z
In addition to the name of the deceased, hieroglyphs carved into the stone above the tomb’s door reveal his multiple titles. 'One of a kind,' nearly 4,400-year-old tomb discovered in Egypt 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z
The same way I think about hieroglyphs — they tell a story. Cher on loving Twitter, hating Trump and singing the songs of ABBA - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z
There he finds a pillar with a bunch of hieroglyphs that tell of an ancient race of fish people, the Deep Ones, who live beneath the waves. A monstrous primer on the works of H.P. Lovecraft 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z
The lucky few who were granted permission, and paid fees, marked their swans’ beaks with nicks of a sharp knife — hieroglyphs of triangles, crosses, dots and bands, which were recorded on rolls of vellum. Britain’s queen is counting her swans in a ritual with much poop and circumstance 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z
The ancient Egyptians used different hieroglyphs for each power of 10. When did humans first learn to count? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z
The pop culture image of code — those scrolling, never-ending lines of impenetrable hieroglyphs — is an intimidating one. It’s easier than you think to craft AI tools without typing a line of code 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z
Accompanying the text were many otherworldly maps, hieroglyphs and illustrations. A Forgotten Religion Gets a Second Chance in Brooklyn 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z
The hieroglyphs lead the men to a huge mountain range, home to an unspeakable evil that drives our protagonist insane just from looking at it. A monstrous primer on the works of H.P. Lovecraft 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z
Later he would be similarly drawn to cave art, hieroglyphs and hobo signs, the world resolved into elegant pictorial symbols that encoded complex meanings. Race, power, money – the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z
He established the wave theory of light, undertook pioneering work in optics and studied 400 languages, helped decode the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone - and much, much more. Does the world need polymaths? - BBC News 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z
Bees are a hieroglyph that occurs as parts of titles of state, and depictions of horizontal hives decorate some tomb walls. Honey, I love you: our 40,000-year relationship with the humble bee 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z
The ministry of antiquities said the chamber at the Dahshur royal necropolis, south of Cairo, contained a wooden box engraved with hieroglyphs. Egypt 'uncovers burial chamber of pharaoh's daughter' - BBC News 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z
Next to it is a mounted card bearing the simple outline of a pussyhat in black pen, like a woke hieroglyph. The Victoria and Albert Gains a Pussyhat 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z
It’s also wrong to assume that your cherished experience is everyone’s – nostalgia rapidly becomes obscure hieroglyphs if you’re outside its target market. Net ​nostalgia: the online museums preserving dolphin gifs and spinning Comic Sans 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z
Tens of thousands of hieroglyphs, carved in bas-relief and painted with vivid colors, covered the walls of nine of them. The Factory of Fakes 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z
The cracking of hieroglyphs, discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and “mummymania” from the nineteenth century onwards ensured that the craze persists almost unabated today. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z
Last month, archaeologists investigating the remains of the structure found a relief with 10 lines of hieroglyphs bearing Emnikamaw's name. Egypt 'uncovers burial chamber of pharaoh's daughter' - BBC News 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz said that we should use a pictographic system, a little like Egyptian hieroglyphs. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z
What if someone made a scuba-diving game flush with gorgeous marine life and breathtaking seascapes, then framed it with mysterious pictograms and hieroglyphs that let you puzzle out what’s going on and why? 'Abzu' Is a Breathtaking Underwater Game You Shouldn't Miss 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z
Seven ancient Mayan artifacts that were in the possession of a California collector were returned to Guatemala Friday, decades after the “priceless” hieroglyph carvings were looted from the Central American country.   FBI returns Guatemala ancient Mayan artifacts that were in a private U.S. collection 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z
Egyptians started using a hieroglyph that translates as “iron from the sky,” the paper said. King Tut’s Dagger Made of ‘Iron From the Sky,’ Researchers Say 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z
The black granite of a fascinating shrine from the fourth century BC known as the Naos of the Decades is heavily inscribed with hieroglyphs and a large figure of a lion. Archaeology: Soaked in history : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z
Perhaps you consider them entitled, indulgent, needy and a little too much to bear — or maybe you’re simply skeeved by their weird headgear, strange hieroglyphs and intricate courtship rituals. Corporate America Chases the Mythical Millennial 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z
We don’t build things any longer: not vast obelisks covered in hideous hieroglyphs, not immense portals whose depths no mortal can fathom, not mighty sepulchres and vile altars that men run mad to behold. I, Cthulhu, endorse Donald Trump 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z
The people will fashion talismans in hieroglyphs, Coptic, Greek and Arabic. What ancient Egypt tells us about a world without religious conflict 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z
A valuable key to the decipherment of hieroglyphs is the inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z
In 1932, Flinders Petrie — the most celebrated Egyptologist of his day — proposed an Indus decipherment on the basis of the supposed similarity of its pictographic principles to those of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Ancient civilization: Cracking the Indus script 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z
Maya epigrapher David Stuart of the University of Texas at Austin flew to El Achiotal to decipher the hieroglyphs on the back of the stela. Maya Shrine Reveals Arrival of ‘New World Order’ 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z
Make sure your voice is totally neutral–you might as well be asking, “What does this ancient hieroglyph mean?” 6 Ways To Shut Down Sexist Comments At Work 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z
It took decades to unlock the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs only a few thousand years old, and Mayan symbols of even more recent vintage remain a mystery to this day. Talking to the Future -- Hey, There's Nuclear Waste Buried Here! 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z
Or how a wavy line with five peaks in a 4,000-year-old Egyptian hieroglyph became our M? Most writers love words. This one loves letters. 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z
The result was a curiously flat impression, like that of an Egyptian hieroglyph. Prison inmates are known for their homemade shivs. But some make pretty cool works of art, too. 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z
Without enough activity data, a wiring diagram is fundamentally inscrutable — a problem akin to trying to read the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt before the Rosetta Stone, with its parallel text in ancient Greek. Sebastian Seung’s Quest to Map the Human Brain 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z
Named after the Rosetta stone, which unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs, the spacecraft carries a micro-etched disk inscribed with text in a number of Earthling languages. Boxing Day Family Puzzler 2014 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z
The reference echoes that embedded in the name of the mission, which harkens back to the Rosetta stone, a slab of rock covered in hieroglyphs. Rosetta Mission Probe May Have Rebounded Off Comet
The name “Rosetta” reflects this aspect of the mission, harkening back to the Rosetta Stone, a slab of stone covered in hieroglyphs discovered in 1799, which helped shed light on ancient Egyptian civilization and culture. Destination: Comet. Watch Live.
"You've got the hieroglyphs that are showing the king as a traditional pharaoh, and the Greek that might be saying something a little bit different to other people reading those inscriptions." Egyptian obelisk revealed anew 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z
Bankes, however, was not content simply to admire the pink granite monument, which was inscribed with Greek and hieroglyphs, but set about studying the inscriptions. Rosetta mission: Philae comet probe could unlock secrets of the universe 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z
"There are Egyptian hieroglyphs purely about procrastination," adds Steel. The much-delayed war on procrastination 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z
Government affairs were often conducted in Greek, but also in Demotic, the local everyday language derived from the more formal hieroglyphs. ‘When the Greeks Ruled Egypt’ Highlights the Diversity of Cultures in Ptolemaic Egypt 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z
The two probes are named after inscribed stones used a century ago to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs, thus revealing the secrets of the pharaohs. Rosetta Starts Search For The Origin Of Life 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z
Fresh information is being obtained on the Philae obelisk, the stone monument that played such a key role in helping to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. Egyptian obelisk revealed anew 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z
Bankes spotted the name Cleopatra in Greek and worked out which hieroglyph also probably represented the ancient queen’s name. Rosetta mission: Philae comet probe could unlock secrets of the universe 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z
A few levels down, Robert Zarycki was passing a laser beam over a bowl-shaped hieroglyph representing a basket and the sound “nb,” or Lord. Nearly 3,500 Years Old, an Egyptian Monument Gets a Laser Cleaning 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z
Egyptian hieroglyphs in the carving call Claudius the "Son of Ra, Lord of the Crowns," and say he is "King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lord of the Two Lands." Roman Emperor Claudius Dressed as Egyptian Pharaoh in Newfound Carving 2014-03-27T21:49:00Z
Even experts like Palmer say some of the markings left on pavements resemble "hieroglyphs". What do those squiggles on the pavement actually mean? 2014-02-18T01:30:13Z
My sketch of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph, Aku-t, is based on the representation from Budge’s “An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary” in Grant’s article on the history of acne. Blemish: The truth about blackheads 2013-09-16T13:15:42.577Z
Their analysis is in its early stages but experts have discovered that the text contains messages significantly different to the hieroglyphs, showing that different audiences were addressed in different ways. Rosetta mission: Philae comet probe could unlock secrets of the universe 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z
A hieroglyph labels this scene a "nautical following," a likely reference to the following of Horus, Gatto said. Oldest Pharaoh Carvings Discovered in Egypt 2012-12-11T14:45:05.220Z
The hieroglyphs describe Min as "the one who brings into control the warhorses, whose fear is in the Two Lands." Roman Emperor Claudius Dressed as Egyptian Pharaoh in Newfound Carving 2014-03-27T21:49:00Z
Venables: Neil Stephenson talks about key technological inventions, the “hieroglyphs” in science fiction that can inform and inspire technological advances in our culture. Peter Singer: The Military Policy Guru Behind Black Ops II 2012-11-12T22:37:37Z
Dictionary Translates Ancient Egypt Life Ancient Egyptians did not speak to posterity only through hieroglyphs. New Demotic Dictionary Translates Lives of Ancient Egyptians 2012-09-17T20:58:05Z
Your mother sees a meaningless stream of hieroglyphs. Mohsin Hamid: “The Third-Born.” 2012-09-17T04:00:00Z
A silver seal with hieroglyphs, now at Oxford, came also from Bor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z
And still the tree-tops were with mystery rife; And still, behind me—hieroglyph obscure Of antique alphabet—the lonely Faun Held to his laughter, through the falling night. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z
They have various superimposed blotchings, the latest of which are dark, sharp, cuneiform characters, mysterious hieroglyphs of Nature, which might reveal wondrous secrets, could we but decipher them. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z
But almost from the beginning, people in everyday life spoke a different language and wrote a different script, a simpler one that evolved from the earliest hieroglyphs. New Demotic Dictionary Translates Lives of Ancient Egyptians 2012-09-17T20:58:05Z
On this the German explorer has found Egyptian sculptures and hieroglyphs. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z
Out of these emerged Matisse, whose art became, through a more and more ruthless elimination of modeling, through a more and more arbitrary placing of colors, an abstraction, an utterly unemotional series of hieroglyphs. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z
Nor is this wonderful work enveloped in Cimmerian darkness; it is clearer than the sun, though preceding writers have sought to impose upon us with parables, hieroglyphs, fables, and enigmas. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z
Old as he was—and his appearance was most venerable—he had walked the whole way from Egypt on foot, aided only by a staff, on which were engraved hieroglyphs of deep and hidden import. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z
Inscrutable hieroglyphs that salute each other in the grave confusion of windows. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z
With the exception of the sun himself the hieroglyph of the cross has been more generally adored than any other object in nature. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z
Rameses had the hieroglyphs report that he made a masterly manoeuvre in order to develop the strength of the enemy and then retired to a new and more strategic position. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z
A crow has traced his parallel hieroglyph, alternate footprints with long dashes where he trailed his middle toe as he lifted his foot and his spur as he brought it down. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z
The sides of the monuments are covered with tables of hieroglyphs, most of them in fairly good preservation. Guatemala, the country of the future 2011-12-12T03:00:29.630Z
And the converse: “read thine own life, and understand thence the hieroglyphs of the universal life.” Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z
Your eyes are on a farther shore Than any of earth; nor do adore As godhead God's dead hieroglyph. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z
If there was any one of them that failed to get the swelled head soon after mounting the throne, the hieroglyphs are strangely silent regarding his case. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z
In 1877 the author passed through the land of Egypt, and became much interested during the progress of the journey in the study of the hieroglyphs covering tombs, temples, and obelisks. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The framework cut the sky like some uncouth hieroglyph. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z
He had one task and a thousand means to execute it; one meaning, and innumerable hieroglyphs to express it. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z
The opinion has also been broached that beast-worship in Egypt is a refraction from the use of hieroglyphs. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z
Generally one can tell how to read hieroglyphs in Egyptian and Mexican manuscripts by noting the direction of the faces of animals and persons pictured, and then reading in the opposite direction. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z
The carving is very beautifully executed, and the hieroglyphs rise from a sunken surface, in a style known as “incavo relievo.” Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The sword of the celebrated Gustavus Adolphus was covered with a number of hieroglyphs and astrological characters, which have been the theme of many learned dissertations. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
The painter can only represent the symbol, and unless this is beautiful and its purport readily comprehended, his sign is merely a hieroglyph—a sign of writing. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z
His worship pervaded the whole of Egypt, and his name grew into a kind of hieroglyph for all that is divine. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z
Sometimes Egyptian hieroglyphs were engraved one upon the other, like a monogram. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z
The hieroglyphs are always arranged on the obelisks with great taste, in long vertical columns, and these were always carved after the obelisk was placed in its permanent position. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
I look for Him in Nature, but I cannot find Him there, except in hints and hieroglyphs. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z
Unless they have this they cease to be art: they become hieroglyphs. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z
Every square inch of the whole immense fabric is covered with sculptures and hieroglyphs. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z
On these tablets of the sun and cross are many curious hieroglyphs forming an inscription. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z
The figure of an obelisk is often used as a hieroglyph, and is generally represented standing on a low base. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The god to whom the invention of the hieroglyphs was ascribed, could not have been the god of an illiterate population. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
The mystery began thousands of years ago with Egyptian hieroglyphs, which refer to the “iron of heaven.” Black-Market Trinkets From Space 2011-04-04T16:54:51Z
They are charmingly decorated with cartouches and stars on a blue ground, and divided by a band of hieroglyphs running like a ridge-rib along the head of the vault. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z
There are also in them many of the same strange hieroglyphs, already mentioned. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z
Groups of characters on the stone were observed amid the hieroglyphs to correspond to the words, Alexander, Alexandria, Ptolemy, king, etc., in the Greek inscription. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
Above the Horus-hawk which surmounts the name of the Third Dynasty king found at Nekhen, is the hieroglyph of the sky. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
The same ideas are always expressed by the same signs; yet the magicians declared that there was no alphabet, the hieroglyphs being handed down bodily from one expert to another. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z
Frequently even, on their rough sides, I have seen hieroglyphs written by wind and by rainstorms.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z
The venders are arriving, too, setting up their stands of pots and jewelry, polished turquoise, hawk charms, papyrus scrolls on which they will paint your name in hieroglyphs. Téa Obreht: “Blue Water Djinn.” 2010-07-26T04:00:00Z
Symbolical, tropical, or ideographic hieroglyphs, in which case the hieroglyph was not designed to stand for the object represented, but for some quality or attribute suggested by the object. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
What the two horizons were is shown us by the hieroglyph which depicts them. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
“We believe that lidar will help transform Maya archaeology much in the same way that radiocarbon dating did in the 1950s and interpretations of Maya hieroglyphs did in the 1980s and ’90s.” Using Laser to Map Ancient Civilization in a Matter of Days 2010-05-10T21:25:00Z
The talent levels of the artists speak for themselves; the drawings appear to be a debased incarnation of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Microphone madness 2010-03-19T00:20:00Z
The axe was a well-known symbol of power or godhead, and is frequently found in rock-carvings of the Bronze Age, as well as in Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan carvings, &c. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
Enigmatic hieroglyphs include all those wherein one object stands for some other object. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The hieroglyphs can be used at once ideographically, syllabically, and alphabetically. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
Especially noteworthy are altars in the form of a turtle and stelae covered with hieroglyphs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics"
Their work is like an allegory, to the meaning of which one has no key—an allegory printed in the hieroglyphs of an unknown language. The Book of This and That
The axe, an Egyptian hieroglyph for godhead and a well-known magical emblem, is also represented on this stone. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
Phonetic hieroglyphs, wherein each hieroglyph represents a sound, and is therefore called a phonetic. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The history of Egypt, as inscribed in hieroglyphs on the ancient monuments, relates many instances of huge sarcophagi, statues, and obelisks having been brought down the Nile on ships. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships
The inscriptions on the famous Cross and in the Sun Temple contain calendar-datings which are remarkable as showing a particular combination of numbers and hieroglyphs, which does not occur elsewhere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics"
The written hieroglyphs were employed at all periods, especially for religious texts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
But what were paintings, and drawings, and sketches, without some key to the system of hieroglyphs, or some clue to the labyrinth, into which I had entered? Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches.
In consequence of this innovation, in the last ages of the Egyptian monarchy, we find many hieroglyphs having the same phonetic value. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The key to it was furnished by a hieroglyph in the form of the barge with the obelisks on deck. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships
It was found that many of the hieroglyphs of various forms upon the stones were also of numeral value, and, what was of great importance, that they all referred back to a single starting-point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics"
Very probably the Egyptians never constructed a really systematic list of hieroglyphs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
One they found to be a library, for on shelves they found large, tablet-like books whose stiff pages were covered with glowing hieroglyphs. The Sphere of Sleep
The hieratic characters, which are really abbreviated forms of hieroglyphics, bear the same relation to the hieroglyphs that our handwriting does to the printed text. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
A doorway, barren of carving save for one, scrawled and monstrous hieroglyph. Shock Treatment
Though much yet remains to be done, these are substantial results which have already been won from the study of the hieroglyphs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics"
Its elements in the hieroglyphic form are pictorial, but each hieroglyph had one or more well-defined functions, fixed by convention in such a manner that the Egyptian language was expressed in writing word by word. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
The youth shrugged and scrawled an hieroglyph after the name. The Destroying Angel
The same hieroglyph appears several times in both the central and lateral columns. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
A tremendous saucer-shaped ship had landed by the menagerie building, where it sat with circular peripheral ports aglow and lines of bold enigmatic hieroglyphs fluorescing greenly on its smooth undersurface. Clean Break
The ruins of temples and palaces contain gigantic stone stelae of very fine workmanship, on which are sculptured human and animal figures representing hieroglyphs of the calendar dates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics"
That portion of a man’s individuality which required, even after death, food and drink, and the satisfaction of sensuous needs, was called by the Egyptians the ka, and represented in hieroglyphs by the uplifted hands . Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
My opinion that the Maya calculiform hieroglyphs constitute cursive notation relating entirely to the calendrical and governmental cyclical system and absolutely unintelligible without a knowledge of this, has already been partially referred to on pp. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
This hieroglyph is thought by some to be a part of a dress. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
He pointed with his antennae to the fluorescent hieroglyphs on the undersurface of the saucer-ship. Clean Break
Half awake, with her pulse beating in great shocks all about her wherever a pulse could play, she tore the note open and read its but half-interpretable hieroglyphs twice before she comprehended it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864
Another use of coloured glass was for cutting in the shapes of hieroglyphs for inlaying in wooden coffins to form inscriptions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
We thus see that an artificial mountain or pyramid and an eye formed a hieroglyph which expressed the sound “Tlachiuale” and signified the “Creator.” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
The cartouche with the divine name of Thothmes occurs four times on the obelisk, once on each side at the top of the central column of hieroglyphs. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
Sound and pictures were on them, impressed there by a triumphant science so long ago that the code of Hammurabi or the hieroglyphs of Khufu seemed by comparison like yesterday’s newspaper. The Record of Currupira
The hieroglyphs of the rocks speak of a fiery sun shining inconceivable ages before that. The Hills and the Vale
Long netting needles were probably brought in by the dynastic people as they figure in the hieroglyphs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
Besides certain fanciful interpretations which have been given to this symbol, it has been explained as being a hieroglyph conveying the name Tezcatlipoca, and consisting of an obsidian mirror=tezcatl, and smoke=poctli. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
With the solar disk on the head and two ovals by the side, as in the present hieroglyph, it stood for Haremakhu, the sun in the horizon. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
You read, and understand, the marvellous hieroglyphs of her rocks, her trees, her waterfalls; you hear her mighty voices; you interpret her language, and can transcribe what she says to you. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II
What is the meaning of this hieroglyph, which is repeated in a thousand thousand other ways and shapes, which meets us at every turn? The Hills and the Vale
The written hieroglyphs, formed by the scribe with the reed pen on papyrus, leather, wooden tablets, &c., have their outlines more or less abbreviated, producing eventually the cursive scripts hieratic and demotic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
The pairs of bars figure in the hieroglyph designated by Maya scholars as the sign for Kin, the sun, which may be seen in the centre of large diagonal cross-symbols in fig. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
It is the old hieroglyph for the letter s. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
Stone-cutting was also an art of this ancient race, sometimes applied to making idols bearing hieroglyphs. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West
The characters, the hieroglyphs, the rude forms of Egyptian gods on the jagged walls were of degenerate character—and always, when degeneration sets in, the cruellest form of worship has been chosen. Astounding Stories, July, 1931
Looking up my Rhyming Dictionary I see they are:— cliff hieroglyph hippogriff skiff sniff stiff tiff whiff Of these one may reject hippogriff at once, as it is in the wrong metre. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920
As in the Maya map the centre of this is occupied by the well-known hieroglyph or rebus of Te-noch-ti-tlan, the ancient capital, which consisted of Mexico and Tlatelolco. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
This hieroglyph is by some thought to be the leg of a stool. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
Some emigrants went to South America and settled there, carrying their customs, arts, ceremonial rites, hieroglyphs, architecture, etc.; and an immense exodus took place into Mexico, which ultimately extended westward up the Pacific coast. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West
A certain tiny hieroglyph traced on her smooth forehead—the intricate band around her fine hair—the very cut of the frozen robe she wore—Egyptian—every one of them! Astounding Stories, July, 1931
"Ah, thanks," he said, and with a neat little silver pencil he scribbled on the back a hieroglyph of some sort, doubtless to jog his memory. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920
Tenochtitlan, 63; hieroglyph in centre of ancient Maya and Mexican maps, 88. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
The swallow is an emblem of greatness, and therefore may be called an ideograph, or symbolic hieroglyph. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
For the American hieroglyphs we still lack a second Young or Champollion. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West
These were often reinforced by hieroglyphs, and one of these in particular appeared to refer to persons or associations she shrank from picturing to herself as making part of the child's life. When Ghost Meets Ghost
There, faintly legible on the back in pencil, was the hieroglyph that the bookie had scrawled on it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920
It is a familiar fact that the Egyptian hieroglyph and determinative sign for town, city or village consisted of a circle with four divisions. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
Under the right leg is a semicircle, which is here the feminine article to agree with the little triangular hieroglyph below. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The Aztec and Tescucan laws were kept in state records, and shown publicly in hieroglyphs. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West
Man is a hieroglyph to which reason supplies no key—nay, reason itself is the heart of the enigma. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King'
Deep with divine tautology, The sunset's mighty mystery Again has traced the scroll-like West With hieroglyphs of burning gold: Forever new, forever old, Its miracle is manifest. Weeds by the Wall Verses
On the side walls and slanting roofs more warriors are figured, many accompanied by a rebus or hieroglyph which evidently records, in Mexican style, individual names. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
This hieroglyph represents the top or cap of the obelisk, and is a determinative to capped. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The first Archbishop of Mexico founded a professorship in 1553 for expounding the hieroglyphs of the Aztecs, but in the following century the study was abandoned. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West
Hence these strange hieroglyphs on the expressed veil. The Gnôsis of the Light
They also worshipped the sun and fire, which they represented by the same hieroglyph used by the Egyptians for the sun ☉. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa
In my account of the Plan of the Ancient City of Mexico, I shall illustrate these hieroglyphs, locate the places to which they refer and further discuss this monument. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
Some think one hieroglyph is a cerastes, but Dr. Birch says the group probably consisted of a harpoon and three vertical lines—a common sign of plurality. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
"That's more'n I could do," he said, receiving the letters and staring at them as if they had been Egyptian hieroglyphs. Clark's Field
What Mrs. Nuddle was sniffing at was a page of fashion cartoons, curious human hieroglyphs that women can read and run to buy. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards
We know that Ra was the Sun among the Egyptians, and that the hieroglyph, a circle, representation of that God was the same in Babylon as in Egypt. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa
A sort of hieroglyph or rude writing is scratched upon them, and they are used to convey messages from one place to another. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam'
Seḥ is here used as a determinative to the preceding hieroglyph. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
There every vice and passion's whim Had seamed the flesh abundantly With hideous hieroglyphs and grim, That headsmen read with fluency. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems
It condemns the fact to be a hieroglyph: it would mean something if one only had the key. The Child and the Curriculum
We see their "hieroglyphs" on numberless seals and images from the ruins of Nineveh or Babylon. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
The hieroglyph is a symbol, denoting something without letters or syllables; as, pictures of a bee stand for king. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
The hieroglyphs following seem to be zigzag, line, semicircle, zigzag, hoe, mouth, mouth, cerastes, semicircle, two arms united, line, eye, zigzag, cerastes. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
"What have you there, Puck?" said Lady Benyon, catching sight of some hieroglyph drawn on the paper. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
This trace, like that of the hieroglyphs, would have been well fitted for the succinct imitation of natural objects but for a rigid exclusion of those curves of which nature is so fond. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1
No doubt, one skilled in the interpretation of these Transatlantic hieroglyphs, might have read from that copious cipher many a tale of terrible interest. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness
The lintel of the door of the tomb of one of the priests of Senat, fifth King of the second dynasty in the Ashmolean Library, Oxford, exhibits, however, hieroglyphs of an earlier date. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
The student should notice that the hieroglyphs hoe and mouth together mean wish. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
This circle appears not to be lacking in the flaming star; it is the round eye or the likewise round fashioned “G,” which latter looks quite similar to the snake hieroglyph. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
But how obscure, incomplete, and poor such documents are in comparison with the long pages of hieroglyphs in which the Pharaohs address their gods or make them speak for themselves! A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1
What is the use of carving in darkness endless panels of hieroglyphs which no eye is to behold and the key to which one keeps for one's self? The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
Then he crossed to the table and studied the chart, that strange hieroglyph, like a negative print of forked lightning, so full of dread meaning to those who can read it aright. Captain Desmond, V.C.
The goose was a common article of food in Egypt, and as hieroglyphs for the most part are representations of common objects, we find the goose repeatedly figured on the inscriptions. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The sign is a clever adaptation of the sulphur hieroglyph and is identical with the registry mark of the third degree of the Grand Lodge Indissolubilis. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
The descriptions of the ruins and the significance of many of the hieroglyphs are helpful. The Critic in the Orient
I have interpreted wrongly the fourth hieroglyph of the fifth perpendicular line in which is the spell of serpents. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
Hilbrough tried the plan of shunting the antiquary to his main lines of American hieroglyphs, aboriginal architecture, and Pueblo domestic economy. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York
These hieroglyphs, taken in the order in which they ought to be translated into English, consist of a hoe, two reeds, a hawk, two ovals, and a solar disk. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
Armed with this explanation we can venture to look for the alchemic hieroglyphs in our parable. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
Here are hundreds of columns of from forty to sixty feet high, covered from capital to base with richly carved hieroglyphs. The Critic in the Orient
Below these narrow frescoes, lines of hieroglyphs, written perpendicularly like Chinese writing and separated by hollow lines, excited the erudite by the sacred mystery of their outlines. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
He seems to regard the human-frame as so much soft clay, upon which he can trace his ecstatic hieroglyphs, in defiance both of anatomy and nature. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions
Getta appears as the last group of hieroglyphs at the bottom of the central column on the third and fourth sides. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The hieroglyphs of the Egyptians, the word-pictures of the aborigines of Central America, the ideographic writing of ancient Mongolia, are all forms of symbolic writing, drawn from natural objects. How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer
He himself was clad in a long robe charactered with strange hieroglyphs; he had described the magical circles in the hall, and he arranged everything with his utmost skill, to be certain of the result. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck
The walls were lower, covered with paintings, in which could be made out a series of allegorical scenes, explained, no doubt, by the hieroglyphs inscribed below. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
These records are not written in numbers or in letters, nor yet in hieroglyphs; yet are they understandable. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1
With the zigzag line under the sign of the perfect, the two hieroglyphs mean has multiplied. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
This important aid to the study will be highly appreciated by all students of American hieroglyphs, as it will greatly facilitate the presentation of the results of future research. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs
They are, following the commands in the Book of the Dead, frequently set in gold, sometimes in bronze, and sometimes are incised with the shape of the hieroglyph for the heart. Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
But we shall succeed eventually in deciphering their hieroglyphs and penetrating their mysteries. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
She blushed slightly, and Edward, a little disappointed as he was, looked at her with a singular longing, as if he were a scholar confronted with a doubtful hieroglyph, either wholly wonderful or altogether commonplace. The House of Souls
Is here the consonantal complement of as, the preceding hieroglyph. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The Museum is fortunate in adding to its collaborators Mr. William E. Gates, of Point Loma, California, who for more than ten years has been an earnest student of American hieroglyphs. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs
The very idea of the transformation is shown, by the hieroglyph of the scarab for the word Kheper, i.e., to be, to become, to raise up. Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
Petamounoph's daughter, encouraged by these hospitable words, entered the house, which justified the hieroglyph of welcome inscribed upon the gate. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
In one, which was scrawled over with mysterious hieroglyphs, any one might write what he would. Robert Elsmere
This hieroglyph might be thought to be a basin, but in painted hieroglyphs it appears as a wicker basket. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
And thus we have M. Terrien de Lacouperie’s “450 embryo scripts and writings”—which another fifty years may show to be nearly as many fragments of one or a few great stocks of ancient hieroglyphs. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs
The feigned hieroglyphs therein are mistaken for those as to which the work has been neglected. Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
Huge columns of prodigious height upbore the blue ceiling studded with stars like the heavens; innumerable lines of hieroglyphs ascended and descended along the walls between the panels of symbolic frescoes painted in bright colours. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
For him a picture is more or less a hieroglyph or symbol of story. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Such alphabetic hieroglyphs are called complements, and are very frequently used in the inscriptions. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
That this vehicle was perfected into some great speech, the direct ancestor of Sanskrit, into the forms of which were concentrated all the old power of the ancient hieroglyphs and their underlying concepts. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs
Knee-grip stiff, Spine straightened, on he rides; Embossed the Patriot's brow with hieroglyph Of martial dossiers, nothing forged About him save his armour. The Book of Humorous Verse
They were men of venerable and mystic appearance, with shaven heads, wearing sandals of byblos, dressed in long linen robes, holding in their hands wands on which were engraved hieroglyphs. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
At Palenque again, there are some cases where there is a single horizontal line of hieroglyphs over a pictorial tablet. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
The only new hieroglyph is the pylon, rendered An in the cartouche. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
He filled large sheets of plastic with tracings of intricate, interconnected schematic hieroglyphs. In the Control Tower
A question almost instantly answered in the negative; by old backwoodsmen among the mustered crowd—hunters who know how to interpret “sign” as surely as Champollion an Egyptian hieroglyph. The Death Shot A Story Retold
For dress they wore a tunic embroidered around the neck and the sleeves with brilliant embroidery and bound at the waist with a leather belt fastened with a metal plate on which were engraved hieroglyphs. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
Now, the hieroglyphs must be phonetic or pictorial, or a mixture of the two. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
The top of this hieroglyph resembles papyrus flower, and ought therefore to be distinguished from the simple twisted cord. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
There are dull old Russian hieroglyphs there likewise. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska
The old man pointed to a witnessed scrawl—a shapeless hieroglyph at the bottom of the sheet. The Rainy Day Railroad War
Coffers painted and bedizened with hieroglyphs were placed on the tomb; reed tables yet bore the final offerings. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
By it, every plate in Stephens’ work receives a number and every hieroglyph in each plate is likewise numbered. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
Pylon or gateway, is a hieroglyph that stands for An or On, the Greek Heliopolis. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The Egyptian hieroglyphs leave no doubt that the knowledge was fully appreciated at the period when the earliest picture-symbols were devised, for the verb "to beget" is represented by the male organs of generation. The Evolution of the Dragon
She had carried it out to the very hieroglyph. Patsy
Lines of perpendicular hieroglyphs separated the zones of personages. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
The numbers of hieroglyphs which resembled the one in question could be written on the right half of the card, and the numbers corresponding to different recurrences of this hieroglyph occupied the left half. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
Most of the above hieroglyphs have already been explained, but the following remarks will enable the reader to understand better this column of hieroglyphs. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
In its centre is an old temple of the date of Tiberius Cæsar, the hieroglyphs in which are rapidly becoming obliterated. Southern Arabia
The whitewashed walls were covered with all manner of hieroglyphs and drawings, the meaning of which Jim could not fathom. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru
It was a coffer adorned with paintings and gilding, representing a sort of shrine with symmetrical designs, lozenges, quadrilles, palm leaves, and lines of hieroglyphs. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
To settle the question whether they were written on the same system, I give here the results of a rapid survey of the card-catalogue of hieroglyphs. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
They appear above the second prenomen of this column of hieroglyphs. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
His memorandum, indeed, was as cryptic as an Egyptian hieroglyph. The Borough Treasurer
Had Homer written the lines, he would have ended with some hieroglyph, which would have continued the hiss or described the fall of a flower. Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers
Below the low door, with its jambs flanked by long panels covered with hieroglyphs, there was a broad, emblematic square. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
Fortunately the native artist had the time to sculpture the Yucatec hieroglyphs, which are the proof of its true origin. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
This hieroglyph for foreign lands occurs in this column immediately above the first nomen. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
As it slowly rounded to its perfect sphere, what secrets of its birth within that glowing furnace, what mysteries of the pure element whose creation it seemed, flashed in fiery hieroglyph athwart its surface! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864
On the wall right above where Smith sat was the gold seal of his own company, the Guardian, and against the seal the inexplicable hieroglyph which served Mr. James Wintermuth for his presidential signature. White Ashes
The light, striking the entrance of the funeral passage, brought out brilliantly the colouring of the hieroglyphs engraved upon the walls in perpendicular lines upon a blue plinth. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
It is interesting specially on account of its hieroglyphs, which I hope to examine subsequently. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
In the above, the hieroglyph rendered Hathor is an oblong figure with a small square inscribed in one corner, thus resembling a stamped envelope. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
He scanned an open programme with perplexed interest, as though it were an Egyptian hieroglyph. The Great Amulet
Then, suddenly, at the sight of the hieroglyph, he remembered. White Ashes
The similarity extends beyond the titles, the Hittite system of writing presenting in many respects a startling parallelism to that of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
And we have found a meaning for every part of the hieroglyph 2020 save only one, viz, the left-hand one-third, consisting of concentric half ellipses or circles. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
It was set up before the great temple of the sun at Heliopolis about 1450 B.C., by Thothmes III., who also caused to be carved the central columns of hieroglyphs on its four sides. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
Whosoever in this present condition aspires, also sighs, and the same breathes; and therefore the vehemence of the aspiration is noted by the hieroglyph of strong breathing. The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem
True variations are not found, the hieroglyph being perfectly alike in all the manuscripts. Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 253-372
It would seem as if the inventer of the Hittite hieroglyphs had seen those of Egypt, just as Doalu, the inventor of the Sei syllabary, is known to have seen European writing. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
At the present time we know nothing of the meaning of any of the Maya hieroglyphs. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
The monuments of Egypt received a little attention about the middle of the eighteenth century, and vague notions of the nature of hieroglyphs were entertained by Winckelman, Visconti, and others. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
Writing in hieroglyphs revived to hide the true meaning of the doctrine, 732-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
This idea is fully accounted for by their vague traditions; and in their Me-da-we-win or religion, hieroglyphs are used to denote this second earth. The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300
These were in part hieroglyphs done into cursive. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
My examination of the works of Mr. J. L. Stephens has convinced me that in every respect his is the most trustworthy work on the hieroglyphs of Central America. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
In 1822 another inscribed monument was found at Philæ, in Upper Egypt, which rendered substantial help to such Egyptologists as were eagerly striving to unravel the mystery of the hieroglyphs. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
It enveloped itself in new hieroglyphs, concealed its efforts, disguised its hopes. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Mr. Warren truly says: In the Me-da-we rite is incorporated most that is ancient amongst them—songs and traditions that have descended not orally, but in hieroglyphs, for at least a long time of generations. The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300
On the island side of the channel there are a good many inscriptions which are shown by the weathering of the hieroglyphs to be older than the age of the XI dynasty. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
Separate hieroglyphs must have been preserved in the same way. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
It was a small obelisk with a Greek inscription at the base, which inscription turned out to be a translation of the hieroglyphs on the obelisk. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The name was nothing, if not a symbol and representative hieroglyph of his nature and attributes. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Writing by means of pictures and symbols was cultivated chiefly for religious ends, and the word hieroglyph is a witness that the phonetic alphabet was discovered under the stimulus of the religious sentiment. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
The walls of both chambers have been covered with stucco, and embellished with hieroglyphs and sculptures. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
A compound hieroglyph could be placed among simple ones agreeing with any one of its components, and so on. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
Champollion further announced that the phonetic hieroglyph stood for the initial letter of the name of the object represented. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
They were the columns of the intellectual and moral world, the monumental hieroglyph of the antinomy necessary to the grand law of creation. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
It frequently recurs in the ancient Egyptian writings, where it is interpreted life; doubtless, could we trace the hieroglyph to its source, it would likewise prove to be derived from the four winds. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
This, obviously, is merely a poetic symbol, a beautiful artifice employed by the poets to perpetuate a legend by associating it with the imperishable hieroglyphs of the galaxy. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
It is to be noted that these balls always occur on the left hand of the hieroglyphs, except in one case, the chiffre 1975 in the Palenque cross tablet, on which the left-hand acolyte stands. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
The second hieroglyph is a lion couchant, and stands for l, because that letter is the first in labu, the Egyptian name of lion. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
It has been thought desirable, for the advancement of the study of Maya hieroglyphs, that the interpretation of the conventionalized animal figures, which so frequently occur in the Maya codices, should be undertaken. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
Perhaps some of those undecipherable hieroglyphs of the East are not so unintelligible to you now as they would be if translated. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
As frequent allusion is made herein to the phoneticism or phonetic value of the written characters or hieroglyphs, it is proper that the writer’s position on this point should be clearly understood. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.
The birds are fastened to the neck of the person represented by two ornaments, which are alike, and which seem to be the usual hieroglyph of the crotalus jaw. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
Further, by comparing the names of Ptolemy and Kleopatra with that of Alexander, Champollion discovered the value of fifteen phonetic hieroglyphs. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
These may occur in connection with the figures of the gods or in the lines of hieroglyphs above the pictures. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
The Egyptian hieroglyph represented objects by outlines or arbitrary marks and conveyed a simple meaning without circumlocution. A Text-Book of the History of Painting
We can understand that these hieroglyphs were annexed as attributes of the deities. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.
We may note here for reference the signification of one of the hieroglyphs in the right-hand half of Fig. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
He translated the inscriptions with marvellous facility, and seemed at once to give life to the hitherto mute hieroglyphs. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The glyphs in this inscription are unlike the usual Maya hieroglyphs, although several of the so-called constellation signs can be made out. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
The Egyptian painting was substantially an enlargement of the hieroglyph. A Text-Book of the History of Painting
Thus, in the hieroglyph, figure 80, the accompanying hieroglyph of figure 46, i. e., the bird Moan. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.
We know by the occurrence of the hieroglyphs on the reverse side of the stone that this is not of Aztec sculpture. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
The number of hieroglyphs at present are about a thousand. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
Little birds hopped in and out under the pure, still shelter, and left their tiny tracks, like magical hieroglyphs, in the else untrodden paths. Faith Gartney's Girlhood
They have some thousands of abstract characters, hieroglyphs standing for things or thoughts. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878
The hieroglyph cauac is, however, used far more commonly in the sense of “stone” or “heaviness.” Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.
It is to be noticed how checks on the accuracy of any deciphering of hieroglyphs occur at every point, if we will only use them. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
Representational, iconographic, or mimic hieroglyphs, in which case each hieroglyph is a picture of the object referred to. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
Against the explosive whiteness of wind clouds, their sails looked like wrinkled parchment, or yellowing Egyptian cloth; the patches were mysterious hieroglyphs. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
The French say d�chiffrer la musique—to puzzle it out, to decipher it, as one would say of hieroglyphs on an Egyptian sarcophagus. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878
The hieroglyph of this god is written sometimes as in figure 81, sometimes as figure 82. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.
At present I want to say a few words about hieroglyphs, which I have frequently mentioned. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt
Such hieroglyphs are called homophones, and they are sometimes very numerous; for instance, as many as twenty hieroglyphs had each the value of a, and h was represented by at least thirty homophones. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
She took his hand and traced hieroglyphs on his palm with the ragged edges of her chewed-up fingernails. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Besides, the hieroglyphs of other known deities occur each time in the above-mentioned places, so that definite mythologic relations must be assumed to exist here between the women repsented and the deities in question. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
The morose moon started up, a tragic hieroglyph in the passionless sky. Visionaries
But, like the hieroglyphs, this also is a study for scholars, and the ordinary visitor is content to admire the decorative effect these inscriptions give to walls and columns otherwise bare of ornament. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt
Phonetic hieroglyphs are often followed by a representation or ideograph of the object referred to. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
No, that was one of the little bone tableaux, a field mouse’s dried bones splayed in an anatomically correct mystic hieroglyph. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
This is evident from the fact that his hieroglyphs or his symbols occur with certain other figures, which are thus brought into connection with death and the death-deity. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
But no one could decipher the hieroglyphs, the Egyptian writing. History Of Ancient Civilization
The worship of Apis, as Mr. Frazer or Mr. Lang would tell us, becomes then merely the hieroglyph for a social standard, a manner of life.  Masques & Phases
Such explanatory representations and ideographs are called determinatives, because they help to determine the precise value of the preceding hieroglyph. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
In pallid hillocks lie the slain    The callous heaven under; Like twisted hieroglyphs of pain They fleck earth to oblivion's brink, As far as human mind may think,    Accusing God with thunder Of dreadful silence. 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse
This is expressed in the hieroglyphs by the sign, Fig. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
An official had reported that there was an inscription at Rosetta in three forms of writing—parallel with the hieroglyphs was a translation in Greek. History Of Ancient Civilization
His picture-writing grew into hieroglyphs and cuneiforms, and finally emerged, by imperceptible steps, into alphabetic symbols, the raw material of the art of printing. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
The hieroglyphs constitute the most ancient mode of writing known to mankind. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The note was lacking both date-line and signature, though the clerks in Richard Gantry's office were familiar enough with the hieroglyph that appeared at the bottom of the sheet. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush
There the figure represented, which is exactly like the pictures in the Madrid manuscript, is designated explicitly as god E by the third hieroglyph in the accompanying writing. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
He then read the hieroglyphs and found that they were written in a language like the Coptic, the language spoken in Egypt at the time of the Romans, and which was already known to scholars. History Of Ancient Civilization
In more than one of these reports the hieroglyph B.45 appeared. The Summons
The hieroglyphs on obelisks and other granite monuments are sculptured with a precision and delicacy that excite the admiration of the nineteenth century. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The hieroglyphs are raised in either blue, red, green, or yellow, on a fawn-colored ground. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01
Seler thinks he recognizes in some of the figures represented under H’s hieroglyph in the manuscripts, a so-called “young god”. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
In all directions the hieroglyphs of the ancient Egyptians pass to and fro, as though some old temple-inscription had come to life. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology
The text of this Ritual is found cut in hieroglyphs on the walls of the temple of Seti I at Abydos, and written in hieratic upon papyri preserved in the Imperial Museum in Berlin. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
In each case this hieroglyph may be rendered by the word powerful. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
“He was four days dying—four days dying—of starvation and thirst,” Foster went on, as if deciphering some terrible hieroglyphs written on the air. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3
But in the text we see K’s hieroglyph presented by a hand. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
I came across a now forgotten journal, a short time ago, in which an English gentleman, believing that he had made a discovery in the province of Egyptian hieroglyphs, announced it in ancient Greek. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology
This Legend is cut in hieroglyphs on the walls of a small chamber in the tomb of Seti I about 1350 B.C. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
The two hieroglyphs together are called SUTEN, and may be rendered “king of Upper Egypt.” Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The natives from a very early time designated their land as "the two lands," and represented it by a hieroglyph in which the form used to express "land" was doubled. Ancient Egypt
The latter seems to be god N, yet in the text we find instead of his sign the hieroglyph given in Fig. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
Expeditions to Egypt found a key to hieroglyphs; State papers were arranged to the hand of the scholar; archives, like those of Simancas, were thrown open. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction
The text of this Legend is cut in hieroglyphs on the walls of the temple of Edfu, in Upper Egypt, and some of the incidents described in it are illustrated by large bas-reliefs. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
The four hieroglyphs are called SUTEN-KHEB, and mean “king of Upper and Lower Egypt.” Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
In any case a nervous symptom is always the sign of something else—a hieroglyph which must be deciphered before its real meaning can be discovered. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy
The text at this place contains H’s hieroglyph. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
Certainly it was; don't you remember the Hittite hieroglyph of Jerabis?—and how you and I fought over those wretched floral symbols? The Younger Set
It was cut in hieroglyphs, inlaid with lapis-lazuli on a block of alabaster, which was set under the feet of Thoth, and was therefore believed to be a most powerful prayer. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
Below this group of hieroglyphs stands what is called the cartouche of Thothmes III. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
They had nothing to guide them and nothing to restrain them except what was written in their hearts, and this mysterious hieroglyph they had not yet learned to decipher. The Redemption of David Corson
It is designated in the text by two hieroglyphs, which belong together, Figs. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
Both Mexico and Peru had the tradition of a deluge, from which seven prisoners escaped; in the hieroglyphs of the former country, these seven are represented as issuing from an egg. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
The text of the Legend is cut in hieroglyphs on a large sandstone tablet which was discovered by J.F. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
The three hieroglyphs charged in this cartouche make up the divine name of Thothmes, and consist of a solar disk, chessboard, and beetle. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
It is represented on remains of the Stone Age, and the axe was a divine symbol to the Mycenæans, a hieroglyph of Neter to the Egyptians, and a worshipful object to Polynesians and Chaldeans. The Religion of the Ancient Celts
This cross of bones seems to occur once among the written characters as a hieroglyph and then in combination with a number: Tro. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
Also at Memphis—now I'm coming to it: I've seen amid the desert sands of Egypt, Exposed among the hieroglyphs, these Natives. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
Under the twentieth and twenty-first dynasties the writing of copies of the Book of the Dead in hieroglyphs went out of fashion, and copies written in the hieratic, or cursive, character took their place. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
Among the hieroglyphs on the London Obelisk may be found many ideographs or pictures of outward objects, each of which stands for an attribute or abstract idea. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
It is further clear that the memoranda had been noted down in the cuneiform characters of Babylonia and not in the hieroglyphs of Egypt. Patriarchal Palestine
The hieroglyph of god F likewise exhibits this line and with the very same variants as the god himself. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
The hieroglyphs are relieved in blue, red, green, and yellow, upon a tawny ground. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
This inscription was found cut in hieroglyphs upon a slab of limestone fixed in Una's tomb at Abydos; it is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
This hieroglyph with three compartments probably represents the interior of a palace. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The camel is not included among the Egyptian hieroglyphs, nor has it been found depicted on the walls of the Egyptian temples and tombs. Patriarchal Palestine
The hieroglyph belonging to this deity likewise displays the Chicchan-sign as its distinguishing mark. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
The hieroglyphs and figures were cut out from large pieces of leather; then, under the open spaces thus left, were sewn thongs of leather of whatever colour was required for those ornaments or hieroglyphs. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
The conquests of Thothmes III were indeed splendid achievements, and the scribes of his time summarised them very skilfully in a fine text which they had cut in hieroglyphs on a large stele at Karnak. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
With two small thrones inside, as seen here, the hieroglyph probably represents the interior of a palace; and is the ideograph for the festival called triakonteris, because celebrated every thirty years. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
The monolith is adorned with Egyptian sculptures and hieroglyphs. Patriarchal Palestine
In the Madrid manuscript, it is true, H’s hieroglyph also occurs often enough, but not in a single instance is a deity represented displaying the Chicchan-spot. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
The art of engraving hieroglyphs attained a high degree of excellence, fine statues and bas-reliefs were everywhere multiplied, and a new school arose. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
I enclose farther the Bookseller's hieroglyph papers; unintelligible as all such are; but sent over to you for scrutiny by the expert. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II.
The last group of hieroglyphs consists of a long serpent, a semicircle, and a straight line. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
One other and most obvious hieroglyph completed the expressive allegory. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History
Furthermore there is no figure of a god in the manuscripts which would not be designated by a definite characteristic hieroglyph. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
Glass was inserted into the hollows of incised hieroglyphs, and hieroglyphs were also cut out in glass. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
Associated words: diplomatics, paleography, paleographer, paleographist, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic. angel, n. seraph, cherub, eudemon, archangel, spirit. Putnam's Word Book
Plurality is often indicated by a hieroglyph being repeated three times. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
Meanwhile it decorates coats of-arms, and draws upon knight, shields the symbolic hieroglyphs of feudalism. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations
The day dedicated to god H is Chicchan, and the sign for this day is his distinguishing hieroglyph. Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1
This vitreous matter has, however, generally settled into the hollows of the hieroglyphs or figures, where its lustre stands out in strong contrast with the dead surface of the surrounding parts. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
And there is the symbol of it; and under it the hieroglyphs meaning 'a day and a night,' with the symbol as usual present to signify force or strength employed. The Tracer of Lost Persons
Within the square hieroglyph now under consideration will be noticed the figure of a bird somewhat defaced, probably the crane or phœnix. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z
And presently he came unto a gate Of massy gold, that shone with splendid state Of mystic hieroglyphs, and storied frieze All overwrought with carven phantasies. The Poems of William Watson
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