Which ancient North African civilization, known for its pharaohs and the Great Sphinx, used hieroglyphs as a writing system?
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Egyptians
The Egyptians developed hieroglyphs around 3200 BCE, using over 700 distinct symbols to represent both sounds and ideas on stone and papyrus. This complex writing system remained a mystery for centuries until the discovery of the Rosetta Stone allowed scholars to finally decode it. A striking feature of their legacy is the Great Sphinx, which is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt and was carved from a single massive ridge of limestone.
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