Hieroglyphics synonyms

There are rows of hieroglyphics on the sides and over the central design.

The mission is named after the Rosetta stone, which provided the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics.

According to this view the alphabet was borrowed by the Phoenicians from the cursive (hieratic) form of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

In the 17th century, Athanasius Kircher wrote about the Egyptians and attempted to translate hieroglyphics, although his theories have since been overturned.

But it doesn't look much like what was on the page before - it's full of strange hieroglyphics!