The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought to vary from seven hundred up to seven thousand during the Ptolemaic period. Some hieroglyphs represent both a word and a sound. Ideograms portray ...

You know those hieroglyphic-like laundry symbols on clothing labels? They relay important cleaning information. Here's what they mean and how to use them. A picture may be worth a thousand words ...

These hieroglyphics of squares, circles, open-topped trapezoids and squiggly lines seem impossible to decipher if you don’t know what to look for. But once you understand the basic tenets behind these ...

Look on the back of your laptop charger and you’ll find a mess of symbols and numbers. We’d bet you’ve looked at them before and gleaned little or no understanding from what they&… ...

Ancient Egyptian Writing: New Symbols Reveal Development Of Hieroglyphics. Published Jun 22, 2017 at 7:17 AM EDT Updated Jun 22, 2017 at 8:21 AM EDT.

Use of these symbols slowly faded as the Roman Empire took control of ancient Egypt. When the Romans officially adopted Christianity at the end of the 4th century, the use of hieroglyphics died out.

The Egyptian hieroglyphic ankh looks kind of similar to the Christian cross. This has lead some conspiracy theorists to argue ...

A system of hastily scrawled symbols that only the initiated would understand. These symbols, really hieroglyphs , appeared on posts and bridge abutments, on fences and outbuildings.

You also can’t use actual numbers (like 2 or 5), pictograms, codes, or hieroglyphics. Symbols like slashes, commas, brackets and more are also a no-go for legal names in Alberta.