1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
The ancient Egyptian system of writing, so far as we know, originated, developed and finally expired strictly within the limits of the Nile Valley. The germ of its existence may have come from without, but, as we know it, it is essentially Egyptian and intended for the expression of the Egyptian language. About the 1st century B.C., however, the semi-barbarous rulers of the Ethiopian kingdoms of Mcroe and Napata contrived the " Meroitic " alphabet, founded on Egyptian writing, and comprising both a hieroglyphic and…
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