Is it true that the word hieroglyphics means ‘sacred writing’ in ancient Greek, and why did people lose the ability to write hieroglyphs? Justin (11)
You are sort of right, Justin, ‘hieroglyphics’ means ‘God’s writing’ in Egyptian. I don’t think that people lost the ability to write hieroglyphs, they were used from around 3000 BC until about AD 400, but then simply went out of use.
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