i cracked one eyelid open warm light danced across the shadowed , earthy walls , highlighting the faint hieroglyphics etched into the rough-hewn walls some of the hieroglyphics were familiar , because they were the same as the ones on the back of the ring i 'd found in the corner of the skinned thief 's house as to what the others were , i had no idea , yet just looking at them had an odd sense of dread rolling through me .