Ancient Egyptian writing: hieroglyphics
Thankfully the ancient Egyptians had a record keeping system because the believed in the importance of record keeping. The used hieroglyphics which was a curved type of writing that combined loco-graphical elements and alphabetical elements. Scribes or professional writers used this to keep tack of records. We would not have a clue on how to decipher hieroglyphics without the Rosetta stone . The Rosetta stone which was Greek that was translated to Egyptian. In ancient times, Egypt had a very advanced record keeping system