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XV SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING

EBONY CYLINDER SEALS OF FIRST EGYPTIAN DYNASTY
EBONY CYLINDER SEALS OF FIRST EGYPTIAN DYNASTY Recovered from the Tombs at Abydos in 1921 by the British School of Archæology. They give evidence of early form of block printing

An important step towards writing was made when pictures were used to indicate not the thing represented but some similar thing. In the rebus

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