In addition to studying the chemical properties of the Egyptian blue lotus, Liam McEvoy has studied ancient hieroglyphs, seeking patterns and meaning in the symbols. “I wanted to let the plant tell ...

Translating them would unlock Egyptian civilization and its knowledge. The names of the king were identified in the hieroglyphs by English scholar Thomas Young. In France, meanwhile, scholar ...

The earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphic writings appear fully formed, either because they were developed on perishable, now-lost materials or because they were quickly "invented by an unknown genius.

By the time Young published his decipherment in 1819, Champollion had been fixated on the challenge of deciphering hieroglyphs for about a decade. He believed his knowledge of Egyptian Coptic ...

The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation. Since Greek was understood ...

the vaunted Egyptian blue lotus. He's dived deep into the wild world of rare plant procurement on Reddit to look for the plant in the present and studied hieroglyphic translation to search for it ...