hieroglyph

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A vulture is used as the hieroglyph for mother, mut being the word for them both, and for the mother goddess of Thebes.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

“Not by chance, this hieroglyph is the first character of the divine component of Tutankhamun’s name, ‘-amun,’ in all standard writings.”

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022

Some other holes were tagged with the Nefer hieroglyph, the symbol for “good”; perhaps some benefit accrued to pieces that landed there, Carter speculated.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 26, 2019

The Egyptians had a hieroglyph fashioned after the barn owl.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2015

It was a real Egyptian hieroglyph and it meant “heart,” to go with Nefertiti, which means “Beloved One.”

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder