Writing as a concept is completely bizarre. We take sounds and give them rules to create a foundation. Then through common use and habit organic evolve spelling and punctuation. We look at modern-day language as being full of sophistication and subtlety but that can apply to older languages too.
Pictures in Pictures
Egyptian hieroglyphs are fascinating. They have images for specific objects as well as phonetic sounds, the same symbol can often be used for either. But the most important is part of them is the qualifying image which is the largest image in a hieroglyphic block. Not only does that hieroglyph provide context for the other two hieroglyphs in the block it also defines which direction the hieroglyphs are to be read in; Left to right, right to left or even up or down. With this in mind, you can make fairly complex statements with only a few symbols and slide in some real subtlety depending on the which symbols are paired with which.
Language defines Gods
Language shapes the way our cultures behave. The malleability of the Egyptian hieroglyphs shows this in reference to their Gods. Not only were there the titled gods but a myriad of aspects for each god dotted the theological landscape many being a part of or representing each other. Such a large mass of gods and their bailiwicks seems very confusing coming from a monotheistic viewpoint but is much easier to understand from a Hieroglyphic viewpoint. Everything is made of other smaller but no less important parts. The overarching idea of a god will always be there but can be broken down into other parts of the whole with a different meaning when viewed separately. That’s pretty cool.