Several rock slabs were found with paintings and inscriptions on them, which date back to the late Predynastic period (roughly 3,500 to 3,000 B.C) of prehistoric Egypt.

Archaeologists from Yale University just made a revolutionary discovery that will give us clues into one of the most intriguing and mysterious ancient languages—Egyptian hieroglyphics. The team ...

But when were hieroglyphs invented? Research shows that they emerged about 5,200 years ago, at around the same time another writing system, called cuneiform, was being invented in Mesopotamia ...

This New Archeological Museum Is the Largest in the World — With 100,000 Items From Ancient Times. After 20 years of development, The Grand Egyptian Museum brings ancient Egypt back to life.

Crypto-hieroglyphs were discovered in the 1950s by the Egyptologist Canon Étienne Drioton. They featured “puzzles and wordplay, such as changing the reading direction,” according to Artnet ...

The ancient Egyptians left behind records written in hieroglyphs, but how do we know what they say? Find out with our fun Ancient Egypt games and activities.

In Depth'1822. Hieroglyphs Deciphered' (2/5). They were the remains of a language that had been dead since the 4th century and the closing of the temples of ancient Egypt. Before French ...

Hieroglyphs, British Museum, review: a fierce rivalry, bitter fights and the race to decipher the Rosetta Stone A new exhibition marks the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of the famous exhibit ...

A member of the British Museum staff looks at the Rosetta Stone on Oct. 11, 2022, displayed for the exhibition "Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt," which runs at the London museum Oct. 13 ...