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

The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought to vary from seven hundred up to seven thousand during the Ptolemaic ...

Flowers have been used for centuries to convey hidden meanings ... lotus is a central symbol in many Eastern cultures, which ...

Susan Brind Morrow reveals a radical new interpretation of the Pyramid Texts, which are considered the world's most ancient sacred writings.

Did Arab scholars contribute to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics years before Frenchman Jean-François Champollion Ancient Egyptian civilisation has always fascinated the world with its ...

There were only five female pharaohs in all of Egyptian history, and the style and materials used in the artifacts match others found in the temple of Hatshepsut, Smithsonian reported.

Hieroglyphics is an ancient Egyptian language which uses pictures and symbols to describe objects and sounds.

This article was originally published on Sept. 21, 2022. For centuries, scholars looked at ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and scratched their heads. Scholars had no idea what the various symbols ...

Here's what 'LOL' looks like in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics A new Google machine learning tool shows that pictogram symbols of yore were pretty similar to emojis of today.