Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period (1550–1070 B.C.) and identified the names ...

Found while Napoleon’s army was digging the foundations of a fort in Rosetta, now El-Rashid, Egypt, the stone provided the key to decoding hieroglyphics — the ancient Egyptian writing system ...

He made two trips to Egypt, during which he would make three significant contributions that would lead to the decipherment of hieroglyphics ... and he brought his drawings with him when visiting ...

One of the fragments, a sharp-eyed officer noted, featured hieroglyphs ... under way with many drawings of the inscribed monuments and objects. (Napoleon's defeat in Egypt yielded a great ...

The key to ancient Egypt: 200 years ago, the Rosetta Stone helped solve the riddle of hieroglyphs. Coincidence played the main role in the archaeological thriller. On July 19, 1799, French ...

One of the scripts was Ancient Greek; one was unknown; and one appeared to be hieroglyphs—the lost sacred language of ancient Egypt, which had not been understood for over a thousand years.

The museum is opening an exhibition entitled "Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt" on Oct. 13 which sheds light on the role of the Rosetta Stone. "The British Museum greatly values positive ...

How French linguist Champollion unlocked the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt Two centuries ago this week, French linguist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had cracked the code of ...

Egypt’s first interactive platform for learning ancient Egyptian language, the “Hieroglyphs Step by Step” website, has recently launched its second development phase, expanding its reach and ...