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

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Child: The ancient Egyptian civilisation and language died out nearly 1,500 years ago. So, how do we know so much about them? Teacher: The answer is right in front of you! Child: What do you mean?