{"id":11377,"date":"2007-09-10T16:56:39","date_gmt":"2007-09-10T23:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/09\/10\/talk-like-an-egyptian.html"},"modified":"2007-09-10T16:56:39","modified_gmt":"2007-09-10T23:56:39","slug":"talk_like_an_egyptian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/10\/talk_like_an_egyptian.html","title":{"rendered":"Talk like an Egyptian …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your Score: Hieroglyphics<\/span> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You are Egyptian Hieroglyphics! Monumental, ornate and even in technicolour! Your users contributed virtually all ancient knowledge on inks, dyes and writing surfaces – to the point where the popular reed of Papyrus became the universal name for organic, manufactured writing surfaces in the western hemisphere for thousands of years. Proud, upstanding and dignified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Link: The Which Ancient Language Are You Test<\/a> written by imipak<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Your Score: Hieroglyphics You are Egyptian Hieroglyphics! Monumental, ornate and even in technicolour! 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