Hieroglyph from the obelisk of Thutmose III
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Hieroglyph from the obelisk of Thutmose III at the Constantinople Hippodrome Wikimedia Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) – The hieroglyphic sign F46 depicts coiled intestines, abstracted to the point of forming a regular, oblong spiralling shape. As with other internal organs used in Egyptian iconography, the intestines depicted are almost certainly those of an animal, […]