Why hieroglyphs were invented is a source of debate, Marc Van De Mieroop, a history professor at Columbia University, wrote in the second edition of his book "A History of Ancient Egypt" (John ...

A French Egyptologist says he has deciphered secret messages engraved on a 3,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk built during the reign of Ramses II. The 75-foot-tall stone structure once loomed outside ...

Hieroglyphics were a mystery until this man solved the riddle of the Rosetta Stone. Jean-François Champollion's genius tactics deciphered the Stone's code in September 1822, opening up access to ...

Tax freedom and hieroglyphs. In 1799, when Napoleon Bonepart was in the middle of his Egyptian campaign, ... Demotic (which is ancient Egyptian written in a common script) and hieroglyphs.

The Chalk Creek Hieroglyphs are safe, thanks to the efforts of Utah firefighters and archaeologists. The hieroglyphs, near Fillmore in Millard County — about 145 miles south of Salt Lake City ...

In 1822, Jean-François Champollion became the first person to decipher hieroglyphs in over a thousand years. Now, a new generation of Egyptologists is learning more about the people who wrote ...

Hieroglyphs Deciphered' (2/5). They were the remains of a language that had been dead since the 4th century and the closing of the temples of ancient Egypt.

ARCHAEOLOGY enthusiasts say they have “proof” time travel exists after claiming a helicopter and plane was found in Egyptian hieroglyphs. The image of the 3,000-year-old hieroglyphs fou… ...

Hieroglyphs, British Museum, ... The approach of scholars in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance was often flawed (it was a common belief that the signs functioned only as magical symbols, ...

When the Halfway Hill Fire started burning in Millard County near Fillmore, a lot of people who live nearby were worried about a historical site.

Egyptologist Reveals Mysterious Messages Hidden in the Hieroglyphics on a 3,000-Year-Old Obelisk Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier says he has identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75 ...