After years of dogged work, Young finally made a breakthrough—he realized the hieroglyphic cartouches (pictures surrounded by an oval) contained the name of the ruler Ptolemy. This allowed him ...

The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives a chance for musicians and artists to tell us about the song that made them who ... Bay Area rap crew Hieroglyphics. The group's 1998 album ...

The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’. The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods.

Some sources say that in 1824, having made his breakthrough in deciphering hieroglyphs, Champollion visited London to see the artifact. However, a recent Champollion biographer, Andrew Robinson ...

A review of how ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were first translated 200 years ago, and a look at the archaeological work now being done in Egypt to understand one of the empire’s most important ...

Archaeologists from Yale University just made a revolutionary discovery that will give us clues into one of the most intriguing and mysterious ancient languages—Egyptian hieroglyphics.