1
: an ornamental vertical groove especially in a Doric frieze
2
: a symbolic figure or a character (as in the Mayan system of writing) usually incised or carved in relief
3
: a symbol (such as a curved arrow on a road sign) that conveys information nonverbally
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a rock inscribed with mysterious glyphs that some have speculated as being of Norse origin
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Sign up To find more glyphs, researchers led by archaeologist Masato Sakai of Yamagata University trained an AI program to identify relief-type glyphs in high-resolution drone images taken of the entire region.
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Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
This climate preserves the rocky, three-dimensional glyphs that decorate the pebbly landscape.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Scientists classified the drawings into larger, line-type glyphs, created by removing stones and gravel to reveal lighter colored earth beneath, and smaller, relief-type glyphs, drawn using surface stones of colored both white and black.
—Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
Geometric polygons are another group of glyphs that include trapezoids and other shapes.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
This climate preserves the rocky, three-dimensional glyphs that decorate the pebbly landscape.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Scientists classified the drawings into larger, line-type glyphs, created by removing stones and gravel to reveal lighter colored earth beneath, and smaller, relief-type glyphs, drawn using surface stones of colored both white and black.
—Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
Geometric polygons are another group of glyphs that include trapezoids and other shapes.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Glyph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glyph. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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