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The Egypt
hieroglyphic writing was used since the 5 Th
century BC to the 4 Th century. Each sign reproduced
directly or not the pretended object, in its origin.
Sooner the signs acquired a phonetic value that
overlapped the ideograph value without replacing it.
Hieroglyphs served the profane traditions as well as the
sacred ones. They have been engraved in small relief
above a hard material (stone, wood or metal). The
hieroglyphic signs were designed in vertical and
horizontal lines. The lecture could be done from the left
to the right or vice versa, being the sense fixated by
the figurative signs of humans or animals having this one
the head turned to the top of the line. |