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The Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system consists of several hundred signs.

There are two main classes:

Phonograms, used to write the sounds of the Egyptian language.

Ideograms,� in which each picture stands for an object or idea.

The phonetic complements specify the reading of the sign.

���� Champollion first deciphered hieroglyphs in modern days

Champollion and the Stone of Rosetta

(where reading the hieroglyphs started)

Champollion first deciphered hieroglyphs

in modern days

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Hieroglyphs, my own alphabeth

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