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Hieroglyph (Greek ?e?????f?? "sacred carving") or hieroglyphics ( = t? ?e?????f??? [???΅΅ata]) may refer to:
- Egyptian hieroglyphs
- Cursive hieroglyphs
- Dongba script
- more generally, a character of any logographic or partly logographic writing system.
- Cretan hieroglyphs
- Anatolian hieroglyphs
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Mayan hieroglyphs
- Olmec hieroglyphs
- Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing
- a Chinese character
Origin"Hieroglyphs" refer to the characters made by graphical figures, be it animals or objects.
The characters that are relatively old seem to originate from Sumer or Elam in Mesopotamia
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