No, they are based off of things in their everyday lives, you are thinking of the writing used in Mesapotamia.
A similar writing system to hieroglyphics is cuneiform, ancient Sumerian writing, but they didn't use characters and symbols like the Egyptians. They pressed reeds into clay tablets, creating wedges.
wedges can slice, pin or wedge into something.
Hieroglyphics were written on papyrus.
Hieroglyphics were a form of writing.
Hieroglyphics = hiéroglyphes
No, you cannot smoke hieroglyphics.
The correct spelling is "hieroglyphics" (ancient Egyptian pictographs).
Early man (around 160,000 years ago) did not have any form of writing, so hieroglyphics didn't help them. Hieroglyphics weren't invented by the Egyptians until sometime after 4000 BCE. They came about because the Egyptians wanted to keep written records based on their language.
"Could you please cut this apple into wedges?"or"Use one of those wedges to split this log."
wedges, segments. for bin weevils wedges.
Correction What year were hieroglyphics discovered
The Mayan hieroglyphics remain undecipherable.