Egyptian hieroglyphs

Summary

Egyptian hieroglyphs is a writing system^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of writing_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,177 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Egyptian hieroglyphs's image is recorded as Hieroglyphs from the tomb of Seti I.jpg^[3].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's image is recorded as Papyrus Ani curs hiero.jpg^[4].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's image is recorded as Minnakht 01.JPG^[5].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's image is recorded as Extract from the Tale of the Two Brothers.jpg^[6].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's instance of is recorded as writing system^[7].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's instance of is recorded as logographic writing system^[8].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet^[9].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's instance of is recorded as natural writing system^[10].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85060649^[11].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12000972s^[12].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's location is recorded as Ancient Egypt^[13].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's subclass of is recorded as hieroglyph^[14].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00978198^[15].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's Commons category is recorded as Egyptian hieroglyphs^[16].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's language of work or name is recorded as Egyptian^[17].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's ISO 15924 alpha-4 code is recorded as Egyp^[18].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 8308^[19].
• -3200-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Egyptian hieroglyphs^[20].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's end time is recorded as +0400-00-00T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dfv1^[22].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs^[23].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300028721^[24].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 493.1^[25].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's Iconclass notation is recorded as 49L21^[26].
• Egyptian hieroglyphs's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[27].

Why It Matters

Egyptian hieroglyphs ranks in the top 2% of writing_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,177 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]