TIL that at one point in ancient Egypt there was a fad for writing hieroglyphs with intentionally absurd puzzle logic like in a point and click video game

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TIL that at one point in ancient Egypt there was a fad for writing hieroglyphs with intentionally absurd puzzle logic like in a point and click video game
I am delighted by this
Also there's something funny about scholars' first reaction when faced with anything is "must be sacred/ritual/Important in Some Way" and the answer being "nah people were just messing around, like we always do"