The English Alphabet Drawn as Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Japanese calligrapher Tohgutakumi quite elegantly demonstrated how to write the English alphabet using Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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The Ancient Pictorial Origins of the Alphabet
RobWords looks at the origins of the alphabet and the pictorial and evolutionary path that each letter took from various early languages.
How the Ancient Egyptian Language Was Deciphered
NativLang created a knowledgable animation that looks into how modern culture was able to interpret and pronounce Coptic.
The Astronomical Reason the Hottest Days of Summer Are Called the ‘Dog Days’
In another interesting episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler shares the astronomical reason the hottest days of summer are called the “dog…
Artist Retells the Entire Story of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ With Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Takumi, the talented Japanese manga artist and illustrator, retold the story of George Miller‘s film Mad Max: Fury Road with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. The original…
‘Hero-Glyphics’, Modern Pop Culture Characters Illustrated as Ancient Hieroglyphic Images That Tell Their Story
Kansas City, Missouri-based artist Josh Lane has created Hero-Glyphics, a wonderful modern take on an ancient Egyptian form of communication where pop culture characters from…
Short Film on The Rosetta Project: Preserving Languages for Millennia
Rosetta is a short film about the Long Now Foundation‘s Rosetta Project, a language archive inspired by the Rosetta Stone and Long Now’s mission to…