Carved into rock near the village of El-Khawy in southern Egypt, a massive line of ancient hieroglyphs has just been brought ...

Archaeologists have discovered an oversized inscription that offers a new glimpse into the early development of the Egyptian writing system. A team led by Yale University Egyptologist John Darnell ...

The earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphic writings appear fully formed, either because they were developed on perishable, now-lost materials or because they were quickly "invented by an unknown genius.

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In 1799, French soldiers marching through the ruins of the Egyptian town of Rashid made a remarkable discovery, said Francesca Peacock in The Daily Telegraph. It was the dark slab of granite-like rock ...

Egypt’s first interactive platform for learning ancient Egyptian language, the “Hieroglyphs Step by Step” website, has recently launched its second development phase, expanding its reach and ...

"A Margaret K. McElderry book." Includes index. 2 Summary Explains the origins of hieroglyphs and what they mean, tells how this ancient form of writing was decoded, and describes the training and ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...

Archaeologists from Yale and the Royal Museums of Art and History in Belgium have discovered an ancient Egyptian "billboard" that might turn back the clock on when the hieroglyphic writing system was ...

In archaeology, as in other sciences, assigning credit for achievements is often controversial. The decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs in the 1820s is an intriguing case. Recognition for this great ...

Western scholars were not the first to decipher the ancient language of the pharaohs, according to a new book that will be published later this year by a UCL researcher. Western scholars were not the ...