The alphabet was invented by illiterate Canaanite miners in ancient Egypt who turned elaborate hieroglyphs into basic letters 4,000 years ago, a study claimed.. In 2006, Egyptologist Orly ...

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 ...

In other words, English speakers are still writing a permutation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics — which all scholars can agree is mind-blowingly cool. This article originally appeared on PRI.org.

YONGSHENG CHEN: Egyptian and Chinese writing are very comparable. When I started to learn Egyptian hieroglyphs, I could feel that. So many similarities. NARRATOR: And yet, writing hasn't always ...

Writing shaped our world and the rise of human knowledge, from the trading of goods to tales of ancient goddesses and kings. ... How Egyptian Hieroglyphs Influenced Modern Alphabets.

The discovery of an ancient Egyptian “billboard” might turn back the clock on when hieroglyphic writing was thought to be introduced to the general population. The inscriptions date back to ...

No one can pinpoint exactly when writing was invented, but the earliest evidence of this faculty hails from Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq). On show is a 4,000-year-old Mesopotamian clay tablet ...