The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs ... It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation. Since Greek was understood ...

Using this handy grid, try to spell your name using Egyptian hieroglyphics. Each symbol stands for a different letter, just like an English alphabet. If you want to be very clever, see if you can ...

Unlike writing systems that use letters to represent sounds ... Like the Aztec and early Egyptian pictographs, the symbols on message sticks hold complex and culturally significant information.