The knowledge of writing is not very old compared to human history. It was only invented 5,000 years ago. It is one of the ...

The oldest examples of hieroglyphics date to around 3200 BCE, and, based on archaeological evidence, the pictorial carvings were used for nearly 3,500 years.

With an Ancient Greek translation directly underneath examples of Demotic and hieroglyphics, there was theoretically everything in place to translate the mysterious Egyptian languages.

“The use of hieroglyphic cryptography allows us to provide a new reading of pharaonic texts,” Olette-Pelletier tells Artnet. “It’s an example proving that Egyptology still holds a lot ...

The accepted story is that the first alphabet developed in the Sinai Peninsula around 1,900 B.C., an innovation on Egyptian hieroglyphics, but a discovery in a tomb in Syria challenges that narrative.

Hieroglyphics were a mystery until this man solved the riddle of the Rosetta Stone. ... The word Ramses is a good example of the complexity of the system whose workings Champollion had laid bare.

Overlooked Hieroglyphics Reveal This Stone Slab Was Part of Ramses II’s Sarcophagus. ... For example, the tomb of Merenptah, who succeeded Ramses II, was similarly robbed, ...