Hieroglyphs and Other Egyptian Writing Systems

Pictures of the Rosetta Stone.

Glossary entry on the Shabako stone.

A codex is a manuscript and there are three or four handwritten by the Maya from before colonization by Spain.

The Maya used a system of writing that is called hieroglyphs because, like Egyptian hieroglyphs, it uses pictures.

The decipherment of the Rosetta Stone.

Hieroglyphic is really the adjectival form of the word hieroglyph.

The cartouches on the Rosetta Stone marked certain symbols as important.

When is it appropriate to say hieroglyphs to describe Egyptian writing, and when should you say hieroglyphic?

Short article explaining the use of vowel-free hieroglyphs, demotic script, hieratic, and the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone.

Write your name phonetically, so Serge Rosmorduc can show you how it would look in hieroglyphs.

Hieroglyphs consist of three types of symbols: phonetic signs, ideograms, and determinatives. Site briefly explains terms, shows hieroglyphs for important words, & provides bibliography.