The word "hieroglyphics" refer to a hieroglyphic script. The Ancient Egyptians had a symbolic notation which was the numeration by Hieroglyphics. He knows four extinct languages, including Egyptian hieroglyphics. He translated the demotic text and began the process of understanding the hieroglyphics. Thompson did groundbreaking work in the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphics. He tried to prove that his method of interpreting Egyptian hieroglyphics was superior. The black vulture appears in a variety of Maya hieroglyphics in Mayan codices. In ancient Egypt, dreams were among the items recorded in the form of hieroglyphics. Peck plays an American professor at Oxford University who is an expert in ancient hieroglyphics. Greek numerals one through four were vertical lines, as in the hieroglyphics. In 1508, grotesques known as hieroglyphics were added to the Cloister. Once they were clean, they were found to be covered in strange characters resembling hieroglyphics. For hobbies, Dupin is "fond" of enigmas, conundrums, and hieroglyphics. She was devoted to a career in interpreting art, architecture, and hieroglyphics. He or she was literate enough to put the story in hieroglyphics.