Many different writing systems and languages were used in the history of Egypt.
The writing systems for Egyptian in Pharaonic Egypt
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Writing systems of foreigners (living) in Egypt
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Writing systems of Foreigners ruling (and living in) Egypt
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Writing systems in the first and second millennia AD
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compare (the writing materials):
papyrus | codex | wooden boards | ostraca | libraries