JSesh

From the dawn of time, the ability to pass down information to our descendants remained one of the key factors that ensured our species’ survival. Since spoken languages differed from one settlement to another, a more accessible and precise way of ensuring information is transmitted is via visual depictions of easily recognizable items and actions in the form of cave paintings, etchings and drawings, and the latter two can be explored within programs such as JSesh.

With humanity constantly evolving in a myriad of ways, successful attempts at increasing efficiency in terms of hunting, farming and developing tools had to be recorded for future generations to learn and improve upon them to prevent certain crafting methods from being lost to the sands of time simultaneously with the original authors.

When it comes to Ancient Egypt, their stone etchings and paintings have been immortalized, with their presence still being felt through pop culture references in a variety of media forms, ranging from comic books and cartoons to movies and documentaries. While numerous resources exist to aid others in the quest to enrich their knowledge of early civilizations, the app at hand should provide a more flexible approach.

Once installed, the program greets users to a comprehensive database of hieroglyphs categorized by their context in a tabbed interface featuring a tabular layout, where one can select the desired symbol and preview more details pertaining to its origin in the form of bibliographic references, if available.

Apart from the built-in hieroglyphic palette, users may create custom icon sets to form illustrations destined to serve as either sentences or posters for history teachers looking to instill the passion for knowledge in students, potentially eager to learn about the meaning behind each symbol. Glyph sets may be saved in either the app’s proprietary format or easily printable PDF document for accessibility purposes.

Whether you happen to enjoy the artistic touches of an older civilization’s preliterate communication method or you simply wish to create class materials for history lessons, JSesh might be a solid choice, given its impressive collection of symbols.