Hieroglyphs

Hieroglyphs are a number of ancient writing systems. The best known hieroglyphic signs are the Egyptian hieroglyphs, but other systems have existed as well.

Partially pictographic logographic scripts reminiscent of ancient Egyptian are also sometimes called "hieroglyphs". In Neoplatonism, especially of the Renaissance, a hieroglyph was an artistic representation of an esoteric idea, which actual Egyptian hieroglyphs seemed to the Neoplatonists to be.

Further, the Minoan civilization used Cretan hieroglyphs.