Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. This is the Rosetta Stone. It is made from granite and it has three sets of inscriptions carved into it: Demotic ...

In fact, the meaning of the Egyptian hieroglyphics remained a mystery until recently. One major reason for these failures was ...

However Egyptian civilization existed long before this period, and it has survived and flourished since. While the civilization's rulers, language, writing, climate, religion and borders have ...