The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the ... The ancient Egyptians wrote the names of their gods and royal people in an oval shape called a cartouche.

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics ... it was such a significant civilization that people who study ancient Egyptian history have a special name: Egyptologists.

He made two trips to Egypt, during which he would make three significant contributions that would lead to the decipherment of hieroglyphics and open a new porthole into the past. His visit to the ...

David Degner / Getty Reportage Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics carved delicately ... dynasties there has been close to zero. Among the few people to take note of the place before Tallet was the ...