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Scroll is a roll of paper, parchment, or other material, especially with writing or pictures on it. See more »
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Champollion, Jean-Francois
Champollion, Jean-Francois, shahn paw lyawn, zhahn frahn swah (1790-1832), was a French historian and linguist who achieved a breakthrough in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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Cuneiform, kyoo NEE uh fawrm, was a system of writing used by the people of ancient Middle Eastern civilizations.
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Hieroglyphics, hy uhr uh GLIHF ihks, is a form of writing in which picture symbols represent ideas and sounds.
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Manuscript is a term for any document written by hand or by a machine such as a typewriter or a personal computer.
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Paleography, pay lee OG ruh fee, is the study of ancient and medieval handwriting.
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Papyrus, puh PY ruhs, is a water plant whose fibers were used by the people of ancient Egypt to make a writing material.
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Rune, roon, is any one of the characters of the earliest written alphabet used by the Germanic peoples of Europe.
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Scroll is a roll of paper, parchment, or other material, especially with writing or pictures on it.
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