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hieroglyphic

/,haɪərə'glɪfɪk/

Definition that contains hieroglyphic

young British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
hieroglyphic resembling hieroglyphic writing
hieroglyphic writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
hieroglyph writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
hieratic a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
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
hieratic script a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
thomas young British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
hieroglyphical resembling hieroglyphic writing
champollion Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)

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