Hieroglyphic Enthusiast Gifts

Lost to antiquity.

"This is amazing! Roughly translated, it says 'King Tut was here o.k.'"

Hieroglyphic disco dancer

"Writer's block?"

"Darn autocorrect!"

Pyramid Handicap Parking

"Is it (eye symbol) before (water symbol) or (water symbol) before (eye symbol)?"

We speak hieroglyphics here.

'This stuff is a snap for me. I used to be a pharmacist.'

"I can never remember, does 'barge' have one snake-head jackal, or two?"

"I'm sorry. . . but I can't understand a symbol you're saying."

"Nice job, but there in the middle, I think you spelled Akhenaten wrong."

"I can write, but I can't draw."

Egyptians discussing hieroglyphic spelling.

"I crawl that I may savor the richness and diversity of people and places along the way."

"What's a two-dimensional picture for 'rhymes with blinks?'"

"The pharaoh wanted the carvings on that wall."

"It's eagle before snake except after feather."

'Right there is where he departs from the script.'

'It's this one here, that I don't understand.'

The Nosy Cleaner

"I can't take another memoir."

Dr. Harper had a special eye exam chart made for hieroglyphics professor patient.

'Don't be ridiculous, Schaumberg! -- They didn't have Burma-Shave back then!'

"Oh yes, apparently this one is a copyright symbol."

'Amazing what a little teamwork can accomplish.'

'I can't believe this. . . 'There was a young man from Nantucket...'

"I'm going to refer you to an ankhologist."

Communication: Then and Now

'Remember my son, it's not who you are, but who I was that matters.'

'Not THE Rosetta Stone?'

"You don't look a day over 3030."

'It seems they couldn't decide if the new millennium begins at 3000 B.C. or 3001 B. C.'

"This confirms that the Babylonians interfered with the Egyptian elections."

'Say, Rosetta, what's that stone you're working on?'