#Egyptologist
The Unicode Consortium has released a revised draft of standards for encoding Egyptian hieroglyphics, meaning that they may soon be available to use on mobile phones, computers, and other digital devices. The proposal explains how Egyptian hieroglyphs evolved from a set of just over 700 characters during most of the classical period (which encompasses the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom), to a repertoire of over 7000 characters during the Graeco-Roman period. The larger set, it states, is generally known…
