After the book was carefully dried and preserved ... Some believe it holds proof of a lost civilization that predates ancient Egypt, possibly connected to the fabled Atlantis or even ...

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 ...

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