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EXPLORE The Writing Code

From Egyptian hieroglyphs to modern mass media– Consider the wonder of our greatest invention: writing.

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Mary Mallon, "Typhoid Mary," The New York American, 1909
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Mary Pickford, 1921
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Dictionary of American Regional English, volume 1, cover
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Divan-I Hafiz, Iran, 1539, Walters Art Museum
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Mural "Man of Fire" José Clemente Orozco, Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico
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