A copy of the Decree of Canopus, which was vital in breaking the enigma of hieroglyphics, has been found at a site north of ...

The Tell el-Pharaeen archaeological site revealed a complete copy of a decree by senior priests, with hieroglyphic text ...

Are hieroglyphs really as indecipherable as they look? Here is a primer on how to start interpreting these ancient motifs.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a rare hieroglyphic Canopus Decree of Pharaoh Ptolemy III at Tell al-Faraun.

The sandstone slab, uncovered in the temple complex at Tell Far'oun in Al-Husseiniyah, measures 127.5 by 83 by about 48 ...

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, led ...

Jeremy Pope and seven eager students sat at tables in Swem Library’s Brown Board Room on a Friday afternoon in February and munched on pizza, drank soda and discussed a passage most people couldn’t ...

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’ ...

Did the Minoan writing system known as Linear A come from Egyptian hieroglyphics, or was it an independent invention?