Egyptian Hieroglyph1

Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Lesson 1 Reading Hieroglyphs, Transliteration, Phonograms, Ideograms, Determinatives, Alphabet, and Pronunciation Reading Hieroglyphs The ancient Egyptians created a highly flexible hieroglyphic system of writing. Hieroglyphs could be arranged in both columns and rows, and the direction in which they were read depended upon how they were rendered. This flexible writing system allowed the ancient Egyptians to effortlessly integrate writing with art. In fact, the boundary between art and hieroglyphs appears nonexistent! We can see this flexibility in action in the following example, where the god Amun, imn, is written in every possible combination. –>