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Egyptian hieroglyphs, hieratic script, and demotic script

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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)

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Cleopatra hieroglyphic carving the Ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.

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Sunset over the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt.

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

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Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm

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Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)

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Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)

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hieratic script: References & Edit History

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cursive handwriting
- In cursive
derivation from hieroglyphic writing
- In hieroglyphic writing: Hieratic script
replacement by demotic script
- In demotic script
use in ancient Egyptian writing

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Media added.	Adam Zeidan	Nov 19, 2020
	Add new Web site: University College London - The Hieratic Script.	Grace Young	Jun 19, 2017
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998