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Definition of hieroglyph in English: hieroglyphnoun ˈhʌɪ(ə)rəɡlɪfˈhaɪ(ə)rəˌɡlɪf 1A stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and certain other writing systems. （古埃及等的）象形文字，图画文字 hieroglyphs describing the Mayan calendar Example sentencesExamples - There, she uncovered a chest of papyrus scrolls and parchments upon which were written ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- Scribes carved hieroglyphs on stone stelae, altars, wooden lintels, and roof beams, or painted them on ceramic vessels and in books made of bark paper.
- The ancient Egyptians either engraved the hieroglyphs in the stonework of their temples or painted them on the walls of the burial chamber or inscribed them with a reed pen on rolls of papyrus, the antecedent of our paper.
- In much of the Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Pharaoh was often depicted as almost larger than life, with great power and much of Egyptian art is a celebration of his accomplishments.
- On a table in his office, Pandit keeps a replica of the Rosetta stone, the key that enabled archaeologists finally to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- Going back a little further, we see that writers associated with the French occult revival at the end of the eighteenth century began to link the Tarot, first with Egyptian hieroglyphs, then with the Kabbala.
- The book of the series, also called The Science Of Secrecy, expands and illuminates the same topics, including the cipher of Mary Queen of Scots, how Egyptian hieroglyphs were read and the Enigma machine.
- The Egyptian hieroglyph for ‘city’ was a circle surrounding a cross; but squares and grids were always the more favoured geometry of utopian planners.
- Five columns of Egyptian hieroglyphs run below the cornice and read from right to left, ‘the great one [ruler] of the land of Ugarit, Niqma'd.’
- Ancient hieroglyphs and artwork were etched upon the walls.
- It was covered with black symbols that might have been Egyptian hieroglyphs or Chinese characters or some strange hybrid of the two.
- The name Sekem is a transliteration of an ancient hieroglyph meaning ‘vitality from the sun.’
- He studied Egyptian hieroglyphs and helped Bernini with his fountain in the Piazza Navona.
- It seems that Egyptians continued to use hieroglyphs from around 3000 b.c. until the time of the Roman Empire.
- She walked on, ignoring the many hieroglyphs and pictures painted and carved onto the stone walls, instead walking towards the doorway at the opposite end of the hall.
- But for 1400 years the meaning of the hieroglyphs - and therefore knowledge of ancient Egyptian civilisation - remained this huge mystery.
- For centuries, the meaning of the mysterious and mystical Egyptian hieroglyphs baffled the greatest minds in the world.
- He then translates hieratic writing into hieroglyphs.
- She is believed to have negotiated a highly profitable oil deal with the Nabatean Arabs, and she was the only member of the ruling Macedonian Greek elite who knew how to read hieroglyphs; she also spoke many foreign languages.
- A stone floor, engraved with both Egyptian hieroglyphs and Roman numerals, occupies the ground between them.
- 1.1 A secret or incomprehensible symbol.
the International Organisation for Standardization is introducing two new hieroglyphs to perplex washing-machine owners Example sentencesExamples - These images function as hieroglyphs of traumatic repressions.
Synonyms sign, character, mark, letter, ideogram
OriginLate 16th century: back-formation from hieroglyphic. Definition of hieroglyph in US English: hieroglyphnounˈhī(ə)rəˌɡlifˈhaɪ(ə)rəˌɡlɪf A stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems. （古埃及等的）象形文字，图画文字 Example sentencesExamples - In much of the Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Pharaoh was often depicted as almost larger than life, with great power and much of Egyptian art is a celebration of his accomplishments.
- She is believed to have negotiated a highly profitable oil deal with the Nabatean Arabs, and she was the only member of the ruling Macedonian Greek elite who knew how to read hieroglyphs; she also spoke many foreign languages.
- Scribes carved hieroglyphs on stone stelae, altars, wooden lintels, and roof beams, or painted them on ceramic vessels and in books made of bark paper.
- The ancient Egyptians either engraved the hieroglyphs in the stonework of their temples or painted them on the walls of the burial chamber or inscribed them with a reed pen on rolls of papyrus, the antecedent of our paper.
- A stone floor, engraved with both Egyptian hieroglyphs and Roman numerals, occupies the ground between them.
- For centuries, the meaning of the mysterious and mystical Egyptian hieroglyphs baffled the greatest minds in the world.
- Five columns of Egyptian hieroglyphs run below the cornice and read from right to left, ‘the great one [ruler] of the land of Ugarit, Niqma'd.’
- But for 1400 years the meaning of the hieroglyphs - and therefore knowledge of ancient Egyptian civilisation - remained this huge mystery.
- He then translates hieratic writing into hieroglyphs.
- On a table in his office, Pandit keeps a replica of the Rosetta stone, the key that enabled archaeologists finally to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- There, she uncovered a chest of papyrus scrolls and parchments upon which were written ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- It was covered with black symbols that might have been Egyptian hieroglyphs or Chinese characters or some strange hybrid of the two.
- The Egyptian hieroglyph for ‘city’ was a circle surrounding a cross; but squares and grids were always the more favoured geometry of utopian planners.
- The name Sekem is a transliteration of an ancient hieroglyph meaning ‘vitality from the sun.’
- It seems that Egyptians continued to use hieroglyphs from around 3000 b.c. until the time of the Roman Empire.
- Ancient hieroglyphs and artwork were etched upon the walls.
- He studied Egyptian hieroglyphs and helped Bernini with his fountain in the Piazza Navona.
- Going back a little further, we see that writers associated with the French occult revival at the end of the eighteenth century began to link the Tarot, first with Egyptian hieroglyphs, then with the Kabbala.
- She walked on, ignoring the many hieroglyphs and pictures painted and carved onto the stone walls, instead walking towards the doorway at the opposite end of the hall.
- The book of the series, also called The Science Of Secrecy, expands and illuminates the same topics, including the cipher of Mary Queen of Scots, how Egyptian hieroglyphs were read and the Enigma machine.
OriginLate 16th century: back-formation from hieroglyphic. |