No one studying Maya hieroglyphs would get very far without being able to read the 19 numbers that form the base of their numbering system. Can you figure out their numbering system?

Here’s what they mean. How did every power supply end up plastered with hieroglyphics? It works like this; Acme Corp wants to sell a Thingamajig in Benchoffistan, so the company sends a pallet ...

The connection between hieroglyphics and emoji – systems of communication separated by thousands of years – is the subject of an intriguing new exhibition at the Israel Museum. The curators ...

The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’. The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods.

Nearly 4000 years ago a hieroglyphic script was used on Crete which predates Linear A and Linear B, indeed any other writing in Europe, but remains undeciphered since its discovery at the beginning of ...

Google has launched a hieroglyphics translator that uses machine learning to decode ancient Egyptian language. The feature has been added to its Arts & Culture app. It also allows users to ...

The 2010 Common Core standards began omitting cursive instruction, meaning that many members of Gen Z have never been taught ...

Sega has unveiled an ultra-cute new way to communicate thanks to its new emojam pager – a diddy device that uses emojis ...

Anna Esaki-Smith is an author and covers higher education. By now, the stereotypes about Generation Z ring familiar: They’re addicted to social media, hate emails, can’t be bothered to read ...

Archaeologists have found thousands of Maya structures and a lost city they named Valeriana in Mexico by using laser mapping ...

We love "generation gap" reporting if only because there's nothing funnier or more pathetic than 50-somethings calling ...