hieroglyphs
Example Sentences
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The house has a defective chimney, a historic beehive oven and even a hidden chamber decorated with hieroglyphs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The bird has featured in Egyptian hieroglyphs, and is one of the only birds of prey known to use tools when hunting.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Incoherent hieroglyphs plate the walls, plastic pharaohs stand guard in the check-in lane, and taxis idle under the haunches of a gargantuan Sphinx.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
What initially appears abstract contains hidden images: Wild creatures and undecipherable hieroglyphs lurk in the paint.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
But it had taken many centuries to figure out, and there was a great deal more to do, especially in the decipherment of the hieroglyphs of much earlier times.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
