egyptian hieroglyphic
/ɪ'dʒɪpʃən_,haɪərə'glɪfɪk/
Definition that contains egyptian hieroglyphic
- hieratic a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
- hieratic script a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
- jean francois champollion Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)
- champollion Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)
- rosetta stone a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics