#hieroglyphs — Public Fediverse posts
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Go home #Github, you're drunk
#WorldAltTextChampionshipEntry #ElectricFish #Egyptian #Hieroglyphs
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From @joannechocolat
#Benerib (c. 3050 BC) was a queen consort of ancient #Egypt from First Dynasty.
She was a wife of #pharaoh Hor-Aha, but it is unclear which one ("Benerib" means "sweetheart.")
Either way, she was loved. 🥰
(Image below is a fragment of an ivory box with the names of Hor-Aha and Benerib, found at #Abydos.)
Personal note: In researching this, I came across a different ivory panel described as 'serekh of Hor-Aha in the centre, and Benerib's name is only partially visible at the bottom'.
#TIL from Wiki a 'serekh' is a rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by (usually) the Horus falcon, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name.
The serekh was the earliest convention used to set apart the royal name in ancient Egyptian iconography, predating the later and better known #cartouche by four dynasties and five to seven hundred years.
(And 'cartouche' is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the feature did not come into common use until the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu.)
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The latest version 3.0.0 of the open-source application "Unicopedia Ægypta" is now available, displaying all the representative glyphs of the 4,403 Egyptian hieroglyphs belonging to the "Core Unikemet" set.
🔗 https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/unicopedia-aegypta
#Unicopedia #Egyptian #Hieroglyphs #Unikemet #Unicode #NewGardiner #Font
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Inside the 19th century mummy mania, when Europe dined with Egypt's dead.
After Napoleon’s Egypt campaign, the European bourgeoisie became fascinated by pyramids, hieroglyphs and mummies.
The latter were shipped to Europe by the thousands, despite laws prohibiting the trade.
At dinner parties in 19th century Europe, Egyptian mummies were all the rage.
#Europe #History #Pyramids #Hieroglyphs #Mummies #Napoleon #Egypt #AncientEgypt
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“In the history of humanity, the #image came first, followed by #pictograms and #hieroglyphs, which in turn gave birth to #writing.” adamtooze.substack.com/p/top-links-...
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“In the history of humanity, the #image came first, followed by #pictograms and #hieroglyphs, which in turn gave birth to #writing.” adamtooze.substack.com/p/top-links-...
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I think I may have finally figured out how to type Middle Egyptian in Unicode:
𓄤𓊵𓏏𓊪𓋴 (nfr-Htp-s AKA Neferhetepes)
Unfortunately, the formatting (sign arrangement) does not render correctly in normal software when pasted (as above). In this example the t and p uniliteral signs should be under the Htp sign as in the picture.
Still not quite there, yet, so still have to use images for proper display. 😞
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This is annoying: I got a new phone and many of the apps that I used to use to study Ancient Egyptian are no longer available.
Sadly, this is not really an OS problem so much as there was just one person who was writing most of this code, and they appear to have just stopped updating. ☹️
Back to the limitations of flashcards, etc. (Not dissing #Ankidroid or anything, it's just I like the other tools a lot.)
#studytools #middleegyptian #android #androidos #studyapps #languagestudy #hieroglyphs
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🤖 Ah yes, the AI overlords create #tests only they can pass. Meanwhile, humans squint at squiggly letters like #deciphering ancient #hieroglyphs. 🧠🔄 Apparently, being human means failing at being human. 🙃
https://talkingrobot.com/2025/05/the-captcha-paradox/ #AIoverlords #Humanstruggles #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
🤖 Ah yes, the AI overlords create #tests only they can pass. Meanwhile, humans squint at squiggly letters like #deciphering ancient #hieroglyphs. 🧠🔄 Apparently, being human means failing at being human. 🙃
https://talkingrobot.com/2025/05/the-captcha-paradox/ #AIoverlords #Humanstruggles #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
🤖 Ah yes, the AI overlords create #tests only they can pass. Meanwhile, humans squint at squiggly letters like #deciphering ancient #hieroglyphs. 🧠🔄 Apparently, being human means failing at being human. 🙃
https://talkingrobot.com/2025/05/the-captcha-paradox/ #AIoverlords #Humanstruggles #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
🤖 Ah yes, the AI overlords create #tests only they can pass. Meanwhile, humans squint at squiggly letters like #deciphering ancient #hieroglyphs. 🧠🔄 Apparently, being human means failing at being human. 🙃
https://talkingrobot.com/2025/05/the-captcha-paradox/ #AIoverlords #Humanstruggles #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
New utilities in Unicopedia Ægypta:
- Hieroglyph Picture Book
- Hieroglyph Taxonomy🔗 https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/unicopedia-aegypta
#unicopedia #egyptian #hieroglyphs #taxonomy #picturebook #javascript #desktopapplication #electronjs #unicode
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New utility in Unicopedia Anatolica:
- Hieroglyph Taxonomy🔗 https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/unicopedia-anatolica
#unicopedia #anatolian #hieroglyphs #taxonomy #javascript #desktopapplication #electronjs
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Unicopedia Anatolica is a developer-oriented set of #Unicode utilities related to Anatolian hieroglyphs, wrapped into one single app, built with #Electron.
Repository: 🔗 https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/unicopedia-anatolica
#anatolian #hieroglyphs #unicopedia #javascript #unicode #characters #codepoints #codecharts #desktopapplication #electronjs #glyphs #localfonts
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I can't help be reminded of the Mayan #HieroglyphicStairway at #Copán!
It "features 62 steps formed from over 1250 blocks of stone, each expertly carved with hieroglyphs, which total over 2200 – making it the longest Mayan text ever discovered."
https://uncoveredhistory.com/honduras/copan/copan-the-hieroglyphic-stairway-a-scrambled-lineage/
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Unicopedia Ægypta is a developer-oriented set of #Unicode utilities related to Egyptian hieroglyphs, wrapped into one single app, built with #Electron.
Repository: 🔗 https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/unicopedia-aegypta
#characters #codecharts #codepoints #desktopapplication #egyptian #electronjs #glyphs #hieroglyph #hieroglyphs #javascript #localfonts #unicode #unicopedia #unikemet
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Through layers of history, we uncover the universal language of our ancestors, https://fineartamerica.com/featured/healing-hands-a-vintage-modern-fresco-olena-art.html etched in the handprints and hieroglyphs of their artistic legacy. https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/lena-owens?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=602875
Healing Hands A Vintage Modern Fresco
https://www.elephantstock.com/products/healing-hands-fresco-vertical-by-olena?frame-color=black&frame-type=floating&layout=framed-canvas&esaid=ree4w3
showcasing textured backgrounds
artwork #handprints #hieroglyphs #vintage #fresco #prehistoricart #cavepaintings #ancientsymbols #logos #grayspiral #conchshell #ancientsymbology #earlyhumanartforms #mixedmedia #artisticlegacy -
Through layers of history, we uncover the universal language of our ancestors, https://fineartamerica.com/featured/healing-hands-a-vintage-modern-fresco-olena-art.html etched in the handprints and hieroglyphs of their artistic legacy. https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/lena-owens?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=602875
Healing Hands A Vintage Modern Fresco
https://www.elephantstock.com/products/healing-hands-fresco-vertical-by-olena?frame-color=black&frame-type=floating&layout=framed-canvas&esaid=ree4w3
showcasing textured backgrounds
artwork #handprints #hieroglyphs #vintage #fresco #prehistoricart #cavepaintings #ancientsymbols #logos #grayspiral #conchshell #ancientsymbology #earlyhumanartforms #mixedmedia #artisticlegacy -
Through layers of history, we uncover the universal language of our ancestors, https://fineartamerica.com/featured/healing-hands-a-vintage-modern-fresco-olena-art.html etched in the handprints and hieroglyphs of their artistic legacy. https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/lena-owens?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=602875
Healing Hands A Vintage Modern Fresco
https://www.elephantstock.com/products/healing-hands-fresco-vertical-by-olena?frame-color=black&frame-type=floating&layout=framed-canvas&esaid=ree4w3
showcasing textured backgrounds
artwork #handprints #hieroglyphs #vintage #fresco #prehistoricart #cavepaintings #ancientsymbols #logos #grayspiral #conchshell #ancientsymbology #earlyhumanartforms #mixedmedia #artisticlegacy -
Through layers of history, we uncover the universal language of our ancestors, https://fineartamerica.com/featured/healing-hands-a-vintage-modern-fresco-olena-art.html etched in the handprints and hieroglyphs of their artistic legacy. https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/lena-owens?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=602875
Healing Hands A Vintage Modern Fresco
https://www.elephantstock.com/products/healing-hands-fresco-vertical-by-olena?frame-color=black&frame-type=floating&layout=framed-canvas&esaid=ree4w3
showcasing textured backgrounds
artwork #handprints #hieroglyphs #vintage #fresco #prehistoricart #cavepaintings #ancientsymbols #logos #grayspiral #conchshell #ancientsymbology #earlyhumanartforms #mixedmedia #artisticlegacy -
Me, reading the symbols on the laundry tags
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Hieroglyphics exhibition at the British Museum #hieroglyphs #pharoah
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This is the inner coffin of a man called Khonsu, who lived in Deir el Medina and worked in the Valley of the Kings during the reign of Ramesses II (around 3200 years ago). He was found buried in his father’s tomb, and his coffins were sold to the Met in 1886 (acc. no.: 86.1.2). 🧵 1/7
#AncientEgypt #AncientEgyptian #Hieroglyphs #Coffin #photography
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Ever had the urge to follow in #LaraCroft’s footsteps and learn to read #Egyptian #hieroglyphs? Are you an aspiring #Egyptologist? If so, there are a number of free online resources at your disposal. Using these in combination with a good textbook will help you get to grips with this ancient #language and expand your knowledge of Egyptian #history and #art.
Here are ten fantastic free online resources for learning the Egyptian hieroglyphic script!
Read it here: https://tombraiderhorizons.com/2013/03/11/10-fantastic-free-resources-for-learning-egyptian-hieroglyphs.
