<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">hieroglyphics</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>hieratic</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>demotic</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>scripts by form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>hieroglyph</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hieroglyphic scripts</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hieroglyphic writing</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hieroglyphs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>scripts, hieroglyphic</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>writing, hieroglyphic</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Ancient Egyptian writing, and certain other scripts, such as Mayan, composed of characters that are for the most part pictographic. ]]></note></mads>