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a pictorial character used in hieroglyphics
The statue had an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2024
On July 1, Princess Märtha Louise unveiled a new cipher interlocking the initials of her and her fiancé's first names with hieroglyphics and Egyptian symbols, explaining its meaning.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
Kate McMahon, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
These freestyle braids take the shape of mesmerizing twirls, swirls, and symbols that emulate hieroglyphic script hiding a celestial message.
—Oyetunde Olubowale, Allure, 20 Dec. 2023
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One was inscribed with hieroglyphics that listed the titles of King Ramesses II, while the other had an official name Bay written on its surface.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2024
On July 1, Princess Märtha Louise unveiled a new cipher interlocking the initials of her and her fiancé's first names with hieroglyphics and Egyptian symbols, explaining its meaning.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
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One of the most famous archaeological finds in history, the stone slab allowed scholars to decipher hieroglyphs for the first time, presenting the same statement in hieroglyphic script, Demotic and ancient Greek.
—Kate McMahon, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
These freestyle braids take the shape of mesmerizing twirls, swirls, and symbols that emulate hieroglyphic script hiding a celestial message.
—Oyetunde Olubowale, Allure, 20 Dec. 2023
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In the image, Santa wears a jacket that has stars and pants colored in stripes.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 7 Dec. 2024
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Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: False The image in the posts is from December 2016.Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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Disney first unveiled their new CGI design for Stitch at their D23 convention back in August, but Stitch's personality is all in his chaotic movements and incomprehensible alien sounds.Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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The rest of the world finds this arrangement incomprehensible.Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Choose from a festive green shade for holiday happenings, an icy white, ivory, or a black hue, which bears the most likeness to the star’s sweater.Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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College football has undergone monumental changes in recent years, from conference realignments, to annual transfer-portal roster reshufflings, to lucrative deals for use of an athlete’s name, image and likeness.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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The agent, who leads a double life disguised from her family, is then protected by the mysterious Sam, played by Whishaw.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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The mysterious reply sparked a flurry of additional attempts from users on Reddit to get the artificial intelligence tool to say the name – all to no avail.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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Here are the winning Powerball numbers for the Monday, Dec. 9 drawing.James Powel, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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The third category, which is perhaps the most puzzling, comprises a bona fide enthusiasm for tallow—which, to be fair, makes a delicious french fry.Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
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The game is unabashedly inspired by the creaky strangeness of PS1-era horror games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, which famously filled their many empty rooms with puzzling, rusty dread.Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 13 June 2024
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Any internal organs removed during the process were typically placed in canopic jars, each featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus to protect each organ.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Nov. 2024
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And unlike the cylinder seals, the hundreds of iconographic signs attributed to proto-cuneiform have only ever been found on tablets in southern Iraq.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Even small tweaks, like varying text placement or using bold icons, can make a big difference.William Arruda, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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He is also widely regarded as a fashion icon, appearing in campaigns including Bottega Veneta, Calvin Klein, Gucci, Courvoisier, Dior, Mercedes Benz, Moncler, Guess, and Fenty Skin.Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Hieroglyphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hieroglyphic. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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