The claim that Christianity borrowed the Egyptian ankh symbol is everywhere online — but how much of it holds up? The ankh ...

Extracted from: Visible religion (Leiden) 4 (5) 1985-1986, pages 63-72. The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought ...

"Dogon cosmology provides a new Rosetta stone for reinterpreting Egyptian hieroglyphs"--Provided by publisher. siris_sil_920796 ...

Learn why Egyptian hieroglyphs are hiding in modern alphabets—and how to find them. Almost all the letters of the Latin alphabet are derived from the hieroglyphs that the Canaanites of Serabit chose ...

Evidence dating back to 238 B.C. shows that ancient Egyptians recognized the need for a leap year to correct the slow drift of the seasons. A detail of a 3rd-century B.C. copy of the Canopus Decree ...

'How We Decoded The Hieroglyphs Of Ancient Egypt' In this clip from the History Hit documentary 'The Story of Egyptology', Dr Chris Naunton explores how 18th century scholars worked frantically to ...

An Israel Museum exhibition explores the complicated relationship between the hieroglyphs of antiquity and emoji, the lingua franca of the digital age. By Isabel Kershner JERUSALEM — The sleek figures ...

Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Thousands of Egyptians are demanding the repatriation of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum back to its home country. The iconic artifact, which helped scientists ...