Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle · Aired Sep 24, 2026
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Egyptian hieroglyphics are more closely related to engineering diagrams than a language.
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Egyptian hieroglyphs are a full writing system for the Egyptian language. They mix sound signs, word signs and meaning markers. Scholars read them as sentences with grammar, which is how they were deciphered, and full written sentences go back to the Second Dynasty. They are not engineering diagrams.
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Is it true that Egyptian hieroglyphics are more closely related to engineering diagrams than a language?
No, not as stated. Egyptian hieroglyphs are a full writing system for the Egyptian language. They mix sound signs, word signs and meaning markers. Tyler Engle said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle, aired Sep 24, 2026, at 1:53:00. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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