Context of Monument

The ancient Egyptians developed their own systems of writing. One system, hieroglyphics, was pictorial, that is, each symbol was a picture of some object. Hieroglyphics were used on monuments until about the time of Christ. From about 2500 B.C. the Egyptians used for daily purposes what is called hieratic writing. This system employed conventional symbols, which at first were merely simplifications of the hieroglyphics. Hieratic writing is syllabic; each syllable is represented by an ideogram and an entire word isa collection of ideograms. The meaning of the word is not tied to the separate ideograms.

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Examples with Monument

Among the additions to Google Maps are buildings, roads, subway stations, parks, and notably, monuments that pay tribute to the ruling Kim dynasty of the country.

–Technology

Two years ago, University of Arizona archaeologist Takeshi Inomata conducted a major lidar survey in Mexico’s Gulf Coast lowlands, revealing nearly 500 ancient monuments, the majority of which have not been explored.

–Science

As the country prepares to reopen restaurants, cafes, monuments, museums, theaters, gyms, and public swimming pools, the StopCovid app is scheduled to be available to the public on June 2.

–Business

There is an effort to create a monument celebrating the memorable achievement of the Olympic hockey team during the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics.

–Sports

When I visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris last year, I observed tourists trying to adjust their positions in order to capture the entire height of the monument within the square frame commonly used on Instagram.

–Arts and Culture

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