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Egyptian hieroglyphs, hieratic script, and demotic script
Stone with Egyptian hieroglyphs and a pottery shard with Greek script, linked by a blue arrow; faint pyramids in the background.
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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)
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hieratic script: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: University College London - The Hieratic Script. Jun 19, 2017
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