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

We walk you through the incestuous, murderous, and surprisingly relatable world of Egyptian deities at The Met.

Ancient scripts like Linear A and Rongorongo are among the mysterious undeciphered languages that continue to puzzle ...

Some ancient writing systems cannot be deciphered. Can artificial intelligence help crack the codes of the past?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. It’s a subjective judgment, especially when it comes to things we love, like our children and pets. While no list claiming to be the ...

Discover how to create a stunning Egyptian hieroglyphic relief wall panel in this detailed, step-by-step tutorial. You’ll learn surface preparation, stencil application, and how to use wall putty and ...

Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...

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 first alphabetic writing system was created in the Levant and Sinai Peninsula sometime in the second millennium B.C., probably between 1850 and 1700 B.C., by adapting Egyptian hieroglyphs—a ...

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