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What are Egyptian hieroglyphics, and how are they different from Sumerian picture writing?

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Hieroglyphics are what egyptains used to write. They drew pictures to write, like we use letters to write, they didnt use letters like we do, they used pictures to represent words.
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hieroglyphics were picture writings that were used for religious literature, and were used first i think. they are kinda alike to Sumerian picture writing (srry bad answer)

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