The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation. Since Greek was understood ...

Secret hieroglyphs found in the Paris obelisk reveal how Pharaoh Ramses II used hidden messages to show divine power and ...

At this time, Champollion had entered the race to decipher hieroglyphics. Only nine years old when the Rosetta Stone was discovered, Champollion was a prodigy of languages whom Joseph Courier ...

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and ...

A 3,000-year-old Pharaonic inscription of Ramses III has been found in Jordan’s Wadi Rum, revealing Egypt’s ancient ties.

a ‘language of the gods’. In ancient Egypt, Hieroglyphics were said to have been created by the god of knowledge Thoth, and were vital in the fulfilment of the most important royal rituals as ...

Before the discovery, according to Dr Gamal, Egyptian hieroglyphs were perceived as magic signs used for curses and spells rather than the complex and intricate language it was later revealed to be.