The earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphic writings appear fully formed, either because they were developed on perishable, now-lost materials or because they were quickly "invented by an unknown ...

Following the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, two scholars battled each other to decipher the mysterious Egyptian writing system.

Coptic represents the last phase of the ancient Egyptian language, evolving from hieroglyphs and demotic into a form written with mostly Greek letters. This video traces the development of Coptic ...

The key to ancient Egypt: 200 years ago, the Rosetta Stone helped solve the riddle of hieroglyphs. Coincidence played the main role in the archaeological thriller.

'1822. Hieroglyphs Deciphered' (4/5). Despite competition from the British polymath Thomas Young, it is Champollion and his passion for languages who should get the credit for decoding ancient ...

Archaeology fans say they finally have "proof" of time travel after claiming a helicopter and plane has been found on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. The 3,000-year-old sacred carvings were ...

How the hieroglyphic code was cracked A new exhibition at the British Museum tells the remarkable story of the deciphering of the Ancient Egyptian script.

'1822. The deciphering of hieroglyphs' (3/5). It took the discovery of a text engraved in hieroglyphs, Demotic Egyptian and ancient Greek for researchers' hypotheses to be put to the test, and for ...

Many of us like nothing more than an Egyptian exhibition, preferably featuring mummies. But I had doubts about the British Museum’s show Hieroglyphs, which delves into the story of how these ...