Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier says he has identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75-foot-tall structure, which France received as a gift in 1836 ...

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.

Is this another piece of royal propaganda, or a secret code for the elite? Well, it's all a matter of perspective.

("I've got it!") — only to then faint. Egyptian hieroglyphics — a pictographic script using human figures, animals and objects — were in use from about 3,200 BC to 400 AD. In time, the ...

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 ...

Research is revealing the hieroglyphic texts from within the tomb of an Egyptian scribe. A review of how ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were first translated 200 years ago, and a look at the ...

Sacred carvings etched into a 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk may finally have ... of the obelisk revealed the presence of seven crypto-hieroglyphs - an obscure and highly stylised script form ...

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 ...

This article was originally published on Sept. 10, 2021. Until 200 years ago, no one in the modern era could understand Egyptian hieroglyphs; ancient Egyptian was essentially a lost language. The fact ...

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 ...