Hieroglyphs typical of the Graeco-Roman period

(Greek ἱερογλύφος "sacred carving") or hieroglyphics ( = τὰ ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα]) may refer to:

• Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • Cursive hieroglyphs
• more generally, a character of any logographic or partly logographic writing system. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c A glyph is an element of writing Two or more glyphs representing the same symbol whether interchangeable or context-dependent are called Allographs the abstract unit they Egyptian hieroglyphs (ˈhaɪərəʊɡlɪf from Greek grc-Grek ἱερογλύφος " sacred carving " also hieroglyphic = grc-Grek Cursive hieroglyphs are a variety of Egyptian hieroglyphs commonly used for religious documents written on Papyrus, such as the Book of the Dead. A character (from the Greek grc [[wiktχαρακτήρ χαρακτήρ]] "engraved or stamped mark (on coins or seals branding mark symbol" may refer to any sign A logogram, or logograph, is a Grapheme which represents a word or a Morpheme (a meaningful unit of language
  • Cretan hieroglyphs
  • Anatolian hieroglyphs
    • Hieroglyphic Luwian
  • Mayan hieroglyphs
  • Olmec hieroglyphs
  • Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing
  • a Chinese character (mostly obsolete)

• Hieroglyphics (group), a hip hop group

• Andrew Robinson (2007). Cretan hieroglyphs are found on artifacts of Bronze Age Minoan Crete (early to mid 2nd millennium BC, MM I to MM III overlapping with Anatolian hieroglyphs are an indigenous Logographic script native to central Anatolia, consisting of some 500 signs Hieroglyphic Luwian is a variant of the Luwian language, recorded in official and royal seals and a small number of monumental inscriptions The Maya script, also known as Maya hieroglyphs, was the writing system of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica, presently Cascajal Block is a writing tablet-sized Serpentine slab which has been dated to the early first millennium BCE incised with hitherto unknown characters that may represent Míkmaq hieroglyphic writing was a writing system and memory aid used by the Míkmaq. A Chinese character, also known as a Han character ( is a Logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi Japanese ( Hieroglyphics, also known as the Hieroglyphics Crew and Hiero, are an American underground hip hop collective based in Oakland Andrew Jordt Robinson (born February 14 1942 is an American Film, stage, and Television actor MAS214, Macquarie University Hello Zulma Riley

Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms, London: Thames & Hudson.

• Janice Kamrin (2004) Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A practical guide. New York, Abrams

See also

• Character (sign)
• Sememe
• Hieroglyphica
• Writing in Ancient Egypt
• Bronze Age writing
• List of hieroglyphs