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Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (Old English: rūna, ᚱᚢᚾᚪ, "rune").
The glyphs were created between 1100 and 1900 AD. [5] Both the meaning of the glyphs and their creators remains unclear although the area was inhabited by the Mojave. [6] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 15, 1984. [7] Mapping of the estimated 250 panels of glyphs was conducted in 2009. [8]
The Gosford Glyphs, also known as Kariong Hieroglyphs, are a group of approximately 300 Egyptian-style hieroglyphs located in Kariong, Australia. They are found in an area known for its Aboriginal petroglyphs , between Gosford and Woy Woy, New South Wales , within the Brisbane Water National Park .
One of the notable mythic figures is a 65-to-80-foot-long (20 to 25 m) humanoid figure located next to a second glyph, this of a quadruped resembling a mountain lion. [7] Additionally, 18-foot-tall (5.5 m) figures bearing a likeness to Mastamho and Kataar , the "hero twins of the creation myth," can be seen near Fort Mojave in Arizona.
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The distinction made by Unicode between character and glyph variant is somewhat problematic in the case of the runes; the reason is the high degree of variation of letter shapes in historical inscriptions, with many "characters" appearing in highly variant shapes, and many specific shapes taking the role of a number of different characters over the period of runic use (roughly the 3rd to 14th ...
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