A joint Egyptian-Italian team discovered Graeco-Roman tombs with intact mummies and hieroglyphics near Aswan’s Aga Khan ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

Allen argues that Egyptian hieroglyphs were invented first, saying that the earliest cuneiform inscriptions date to around 2900 B.C. However, many scholars disagree.

Hieroglyphics are found on seals, plaques, tombs, pottery and walls on ancient Egyptian remains which tell us about beliefs, gods, clothing, everyday life and culture.

Hieroglyphs in the notebook of Jean-Francois Champollion, c.1806-1832. | Art Media/Print Collector/Hulton Archive via Getty Images. The Frenchman was not to be riled by Young’s pointed offense ...

Extracted from: Visible religion (Leiden) 4 (5) 1985-1986, pages 63-72. The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought ...

The Rosetta Stone is widely considered one of archaeology's most significant finds. A decree from Egyptian Pharaoh Ptolemy V ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

Two Hundred Years Ago, the Rosetta Stone Unlocked the Secrets of Ancient Egypt French scholar Jean-François Champollion announced his decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs on September 27, 1822 ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

GB: It has “registers.”You can read Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs in all directions, which is a little bit tricky. The only direction you cannot go is bottom to top.