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.

The elegant pictorial writing system of the ancient Egyptians—known as hieroglyphics—has fascinated generations of archeologists. Its precise origins are uncertain. One ancient Egyptian legend ...

The last known Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription dates to A.D. 394, according to the University of Memphis in Tennessee. By that point in time, other writing systems such as Coptic were being used ...

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.

You might not have learned it in elementary school, but the earliest history of the alphabet that forms the basis of written English and French has its origins in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Hieroglyphs line the walls in a shrine to the goddess Hathor at Serabit ... But this objection seems less persuasive than Goldwasser’s account—if Egyptian scribes invented the alphabet, ...

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 ...

The oldest recorded alphabet may be Hebrew. According to a controversial new study by archaeologist and ancient inscription specialist Douglas Petrovich, Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient ...

SAN ANTONIO — The world’s earliest alphabet, inscribed on stone slabs at several Egyptian sites, was an early form of Hebrew, a controversial new analysis concludes.. Israelites living in ...