Egyptian Hieroglyphic Ruler 12" (30cm) double-sided plastic ruler with full colour insert of the Egyptian alphabet on one side and an Egyptian timeline on the other that covers the foundation of the Egyptian state through to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and its translation.

Hieroglyphs were signs devised c.3000 B.C. and were used for formal inscriptions in ancient Egypt. They were called by the Egyptians 'the words of God' and were used mainly by priests. Hieroglyphs are written in rows or columns and can be read from left to right or right to left.