The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods. The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient ...

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 ...

Extracted from: Visible religion (Leiden) 4 (5) 1985-1986, pages 63-72. The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought ...

Mysterious 2,100-year-old gate believed to hide ancient Egyptian god of fertility’s secret temple is ... The hieroglyphics suggest Ptolemy VIII from the 2nd century BCE was responsible for the ...

Research is revealing the hieroglyphic texts from within the tomb of an Egyptian scribe. A review of how ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were first translated 200 years ago, and a look at the ...

Sacred carvings etched into a 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk may finally have been deciphered, thanks to the work of French Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier. The monument, which once ...

A mysterious burial from ancient Egypt contains gold jewelry, including three rings — one featuring the Bes, the god of fun — and a necklace.

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in ...