HIEROGLYPHICS
\hˌa͡ɪ͡əɹəɡlˈɪfɪks], \hˌaɪəɹəɡlˈɪfɪks], \h_ˌaɪə_ɹ_ə_ɡ_l_ˈɪ_f_ɪ_k_s]\
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[Gr.] Sculpture-writing, or writing by pictures, in which ideas are represented by visible subjects. The likenesses of these objects were in course of time modified, until they assumed the forms of letters in the Phoenician, Greek, and Roman alphabets.
By Henry Percy Smith
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dust storm
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