| Their complex writing system, hieroglyphics, was considered virtually undecipherable for thousands of years. |
| They included an Egyptian scarab whose hieroglyphics told how Amen Hotep III of the 18th dynasty shot 102 fierce lions with his own bow. |
| Gently, he turned over the scarab to reveal miniscule hieroglyphics on the back. |
| Cracking the ancient code of hieroglyphics was once considered one of the greatest feats of cryptology. |
| 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. |
