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’ ...

Few discoveries have changed our understanding of history as dramatically as the Rosetta Stone. Before it was uncovered, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs were largely a mystery, leaving historians unable ...

Have you ever wanted to learn how to read hieroglyphs? Egyptologist Chris Naunton explores the history of hieroglyphs and how ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, using the Rosetta stone. This ushered in a new craze for Egyptology and ...

Hieroglyphs before decipherment -- The discovery of the Rosetta stone -- How the stone came to England -- Description of the stone -- The earlier decipherers of the Rosetta stone -- The method of ...