(Important Note: I have only uploaded the glyphs I
have used in practice sentences and sample constructions. Therefore, not every
glyph indicated on these "source" pages is available on my website at
the moment. Instead, you'll probably see a lot of these little guys,
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ankh |
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crook |
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eye of Horus |
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plural |
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scarab |
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town |
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vulture |
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walk |
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Hieroglyphics became our alphabet through a long, convoluted process of simplification and adjustment. If we backtrack a few steps, we could use some of these same symbols as pictographs again. Most of these lines of descent are still being disputed by linguists.
Hieroglyph | Became? | Meaning? | Synonym? |
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A | ox | ![]() |
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B | house | ![]() |
G, C | throwing stick | ||
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D | daleth | ![]() |
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H, E | rejoice | |
F, U, V, W, Y | hook | ![]() | |
L | goad | ||
X | rope | ||
I, J | hand | ![]() | |
K | palm | ||
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M | water | ![]() |
N | fish | ![]() | |
O | eye | ![]() | |
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P | mouth | ![]() |
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Q | monkey | ![]() |
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R | head | ![]() |
S | tooth | ![]() | |
T | mark | ||
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Z | arrow |
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Last updated October 2003
Copyright © 2003 Matthew White