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	Column with bas-relief sculpture with hieroglyphic inscription Hieroglyphics: Ancient Egyptian writing which uses pictures for concepts and ideas.. At first picture signs were used to represent objects. Later, the signs came to represent sounds as well. Note the chief Egyptian god Amum-Re who wears a ceremonial beard and on his head a plain, deep circlet from which rise two straight parallel plumes. LARGER SIZE beneath top photo