Guide to the Writings from Ancient Egypt. IF 1280. GIFAO 4.Many scripts were used in ancient Egypt. If the hieroglyphs quite obviously take the lion's share, it is all the richness of the different writings that were used on the land of the pharaohs that is exposed here. What do we know about the writings of ancient Egypt, two hundred years after Jean Franois Champollion deciphered hieroglyphs ? This Guide answers the question in an easily accessible format, presenting the current state of knowledge on the