Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street

What do you think inspires people to record the events in their lives? The ancient Egyptian system of writing was made up of hundreds of different characters called hieroglyphs. Each hieroglyph was a picture that represented a sound, object, or idea. Egyptian scribes carved hieroglyph symbols on monuments and used them for everyday communications and record keeping. What symbols or icons do we use when we write today?

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