Sentence example with the word 'hieroglyphs'

hieroglyphs

Last update: October 7, 2015


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The race who first developed it spoke an agglutinative language, and to them was due the invention of the pictorial hieroglyphs which became the running-hand or cuneiform characters of later days, as well as the foundation of the chief cities of the country and the elements of its civilization.   [Please select]

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The first is the old Egyptian name, the second the Greek name adapted to Egyptian hieroglyphs.   [Please select]

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The walls of both chambers have been covered with stucco, and embellished with hieroglyphs and sculptures.   [Please select]

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But on seeing Prince Prigio, who was lolling in a hammock, translating Egyptian hieroglyphs into French poetry for his mother, the king broke out afresh, and made use of the most cruel and impolite expressions.   [Please select]

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"On the island side of the channel there are a good many inscriptions which are shown by the weathering of the hieroglyphs to be older than the age of the XI dynasty."   [Please select]

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