The knowledge of writing is not very old compared to human history. It was only invented 5,000 years ago. It is one of the ...

The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought to vary from seven hundred up to seven thousand during the Ptolemaic ...

Hieroglyphs can be seen on tombs, pottery and walls on ancient Egyptian remains. They tell us about beliefs, gods, clothing and everyday life. The ancient Egyptians also used papyrus and writing ...

The archaeologists also found a Roman-era stone slab covered in hieroglyphics and demotic writing, the ancient Egyptian script.

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.

Egypt’s first interactive platform for learning ancient Egyptian language, the “Hieroglyphs Step by Step” website, has recently launched its second development phase, expanding its reach and ...

A Johns Hopkins archaeologist recycles a 20-year-old hypothesis that small clay cylinders found in an ancient tomb reset the genesis of letters by 500 years. Why are people listening now?

Identical stelae were to be erected in every temple in Egypt. With the help of the Rosetta Stone, Jean-Francois Champollion created an alphabet of phonetic hieroglyphs.

How do we know so much about Ancient Egypt? Discover the amazing artefacts that have survived thousands of years to tell the story of a vanished world, with downloads, fun activities, learning ...

These shed much light on quotidian life in Ancient Egypt, bearing everything from “protective spells to safeguard children, divorce documents and love poems, and even erotic drawings and jokes”.

Education to an ordinary person means no more than the process of passing across and imbibing or learning the practices, ways ...

Marking the decoding of ancient hieroglyphs and the founding of Egyptology 200 years ago, a series of events are being organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.