The claim that Christianity borrowed the Egyptian ankh symbol is everywhere online — but how much of it holds up? The ankh was an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph meaning “life,” used for thousands of ...

In a remarkable archaeological discovery, the Edfu Temple in Upper Egypt has revealed, for the first time, a new section of its original hieroglyphic inscriptions and coloured scenes, shedding new ...

Mary describes her neighbourhood as dreary and dull: "lookin out the high windaes at grey bloacks a flats and the grey streets" Hieroglyphics by Anne Donovan is a story set in the Drumchapel area of ...

The Rosetta Stone is, inarguably, one of the most famous archaeological artifacts in the world. Shortly after it was uncovered by French Napoleonic troops in Egypt in 1799, it was seized by the ...

The first alphabetic writing system was created in the Levant and Sinai Peninsula sometime in the second millennium B.C., probably between 1850 and 1700 B.C., by adapting Egyptian hieroglyphs—a ...

Selecting the right font is a crucial design choice that can significantly enhance—or detract from—the professionalism of a document. With thousands of fonts to choose from, the possibilities may seem ...

While the history of the alphabet of a particular language may not be of interest to many, it was quite significant to the Greeks. Lots of ancient Greek records contain stories about how they got ...

Although not numerous, some people claim that Egyptians once inhabited the Americas. Some stories are too outrageous to believe, yet they are still interesting historical accounts. None more than the ...