"The hieroglyphs were enigmatic and symbolic engravings, which were much used in ancient times and preceding centuries, especially among the Egyptian prophets and teachers of religion, who considered it unlawful to expose the mysteries of wisdom in ordinary writing to lay people, as we do. And if they judged something to be a worthy piece of knowledge, they represented it in plain drawings or animals and other things in such a way that it was not easy for anyone to guess." - Filippo Fasanini
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