Kutaura: Kunyora kwehieroglyphic kunobva kubva muna c. 3000 BC, uye inoumbwa nemazana ezviratidzo. A hieroglyph inogona kumiririra izwi, ruzha, kana chinyararire chinotsanangudza; uye chiratidzo chimwe chete chinogona kushandira zvinangwa zvakasiyana mumamiriro akasiyana. Hieroglyphs yaive chinyorwa chepamutemo, chinoshandiswa pazviratidzo zvematombo uye mumakuva, izvo zvaigona kuve zvakadzama semabasa ehunyanzvi. Mukunyora kwemazuva ese, vanyori vaishandisa chimiro chekunyora, chinonzi hieratic, icho chaive nekukurumidza uye nyore. Nepo hieroglyphs yepamutemo inogona kuverengerwa mumitsara kana makoramu mune chero nzira (kunyangwe yaiwanzo nyorwa kubva kurudyi kuenda kuruboshwe), hieroglyph yakagara ichinyorwa kubva kurudyi kuenda kuruboshwe, kazhinji mumitsara yakatwasuka. Chimiro chitsva chekunyora, Demophic, yakatanga kuve yakakurumbira manyorerwo ekunyora, uye iyi fomu yekunyora kwehieroglyphic ine zviratidzo zvakasiyana siyana mum
shoko, ruzha, kana kuti chisarudzo chisingatauri