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In what way are ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics like letters in the English alphabet
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In what way are ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics like letters in the English alphabet

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They are more like words and partial sentences. A symbol means an action or event rather then a letter.
If they would be like letters they would have been decrypted a lot easier, it took till the stone of roseta till they decrypted it
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