| They included an Egyptian scarab whose hieroglyphics told how Amen Hotep III of the 18th dynasty shot 102 fierce lions with his own bow. |
| Then he established that demotic was a still more abridged cursive form of the hieroglyphics and was generally governed by the same rules. |
| Gently, he turned over the scarab to reveal miniscule hieroglyphics on the back. |
| It takes virtually no account of all that scholars have been able to learn about Egypt since the decipherment of hieroglyphics. |
| We went from hieroglyphics to mimeographs to home computers, which allow us to mass mail letters that go something like this. |
| Thanks to these marvellous inventions, bookworms, and others do not have to wrestle with the intricacies of the hieroglyphics. |
