The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods. The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient ...

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 ...

On some panels, Leitz explains, hieroglyphs face directly ... a constellation the Egyptians believed was personified by Seth, the god of chaos. During the Old Kingdom (ca. 2649 –2150 b.c ...

Archaeologists discovered the tomb of an unknown pharaoh from a tumultuous, war-ridden era of ancient Egypt. Now they're searching for his name.

The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again?

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 well as the administration and ...