Starting in about 3500 BC, various writing systems developed in ancient civilizations around the world ... known alphabet was ...

For the first time, scientists decoded a complete genome from a 4,800-year-old Egyptian, revealing surprising Middle Eastern ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered ancient tombs adorned with hieroglyphic inscriptions and rare artifacts.

Recent readings on inscriptions written in an ancient alphabet, the Proto-Sinaitic Script, may well provide proof of the ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago. This ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

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

Evidence of textile workshops demonstrates that girls’ labour was valued enough to be documented in administrative records alongside adult workers.

His accounts of ancient Egyptian history were preserved by ancient Greek writers and, until hieroglyphic writing was deciphered in the 19th century, were among the few historical accounts that ...

Later, Arab travellers tried to decipher the ancient secret hidden in the hieroglyphics but failed. In fact, the meaning of the Egyptian hieroglyphics remained a mystery until recently.

World’s Oldest Alphabet Turns Up in Ancient Syrian Tomb The writing was found on cylinders dating back to around 2400 B.C.E. Photo: Courtesy of Glenn Schwarz, Johns Hopkins University ...