Why hieroglyphs were invented is a source of debate, Marc Van De Mieroop, a history professor at Columbia University, wrote in the second edition of his book "A History of Ancient Egypt" (John ...

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC.. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred ...

One of the scripts was Ancient Greek; one was unknown; and one appeared to be hieroglyphs—the lost sacred language of ancient Egypt, which had not been understood for over a thousand years.

After more than 40 years of exploration and excavations at the ancient Maya city of Caracol, researchers have finally ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

You can see the outlines of a set of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs carved delicately into the stone. There is the royal seal of Mentuhotep IV, a little-known pharaoh who ruled for just two years in ...

Hieroglyphics were a mystery until this man solved the riddle of the Rosetta Stone. Jean-François Champollion's genius tactics deciphered the Stone's code in September 1822, opening up access to ...