Hieroglyphics Tattoos

Hieroglyphics Tattoos

Egyptian Hieroglyphics Tattoo

Hieroglyphs were used for writing in ancient Egypt. There are several ways the hieroglyphs can be interpreted:

• Phonetic: there is a hieroglyphic alphabet that consists of 24 symbols that represent a consonant.
• Logographic: a hieroglyph can be interpreted as a logogram, a single symbol that represents a whole word.
  
  For example:
  
  : this hieroglyphic means "house"
  
  : this one means "flamingo"
  

There are several online hieroglyphic translators that let you write a word or your name in hieroglyphs.