Concealed writing. Cryptographic hieroglyphs, ordinary signs given unfamiliar values, decorate New Kingdom royal tombs and a few private ones as a display of learning; a working code for secret messages is not attested in the period.
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Concealed writing. Cryptographic hieroglyphs, ordinary signs given unfamiliar values, decorate New Kingdom royal tombs and a few private ones as a display of learning; a working code for secret messages is not attested in the period.
Mystery novels of ancient Egypt, built on the scholarship of the Amarna period. Published by The WordFish Group GmbH, Basel.
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