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Fun fact: in Ancient Egypt, Hieroglyphic script was largely restricted to inscriptions on monuments, and it was actually the more simplified Hieratic script you see in this picture that was used in daily life.
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Andrew 2y ago

Bonus fun fact, its resemblance to Arabic script may be due to the following chain of events:

- Arabic script is based on Nabatean script

- Nabatean script was a cursive form of the Aramaic alphabet

- The Aramaic alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet

- The Phoenician alphabet originated from Canaanites or Hyksos repurposing Egyptian hieroglyphs to construct a simplified script

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Tetsu Tamasi 2y ago

Very interesting