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

We’ve been able to decipher ancient Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs, Cuneiform, and Old Persian, but not Voynichese.
Last year, a series of ancient hieroglyphs were discovered in the jungle of Mexico. Now, they have been decoded, revealing the identity of a previously unknown Mayan ruler. INAH Ancient hieroglyphics ...
History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...
A French Egyptologist says he has deciphered secret messages engraved on a 3,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk built during the reign of Ramses II. The 75-foot-tall stone structure once loomed outside a ...
With roiling rhythms and Atlas-shouldered basslines, Chicago house veteran Jamal Moss’ new album aims to give dancefloor whiners something to really cry about. Save this story Save this story Is the ...
I preach to my kids to expand their horizons and do things outside of their comfort zones, yet I have been happy behind a computer keyboard tapping out my thoughts and telling others’ stories for ...
Hieroglyphics or “sacred carvings” are a pictorial system of symbols representing a writing system, and each of the individual pictures (hieroglyphs) can be read as either a stand-alone picture, as a ...
Head past the oasis into the rock tunnel. As soon as you enter the tunnel, Drawing #2 is on the wall to your right. Exit the rock tunnel and enter the area with the river and the log bridge. Stand on ...
Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...
Egyptian hieroglyphics, one of the world’s most renowned ancient scripts, have captivated onlookers for centuries. These pictorial scripts, etched in stone and papyrus, have held their secrets close ...