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Panoramic view of the wall with Egyptian hieroglyphs and ancient drawings at Karnak Temple. Luxor, Egypt Royalty Free Stock Photo

View of the wall with Egyptian hieroglyphs and ancient drawings at Karnak Temple. Luxor, Egypt Royalty Free Stock Photo

View to an Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Drawing on the wall of the Karnak Temple Complex near Luxor Royalty Free Stock Photo

View of the wall with Egyptian hieroglyphics at the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt

Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt. Hieroglyphs combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with a total of some 1,000 distinct characters. Cursive hieroglyphs were used for religious literature on papyrus and wood.