Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Archaeologists discovered the tomb of an unknown pharaoh from a tumultuous, war-ridden era of ancient Egypt. Now they're ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's ...

The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again?

At the ancient necropolis of Anubis Mountain, the massive 3,600-year-old tomb of a pharaoh was found. The discovery will ...

A huge tomb belonging to one of ancient Egypt's earliest pharaohs has been discovered by archaeologists. However, the ...

Archaeologists think writing developed in several places in the ancient world independently of other writing systems.

The name of the king once buried inside was originally recorded in hieroglyphic texts on plastered ... of an unknown ancient Egyptian king was discovered during excavations by Penn Museum and ...

A newly uncovered ancient Egyptian tomb is shedding light on royalty ... Graverobbers had damaged the hieroglyphic text painted on bricks at the entryway, leaving the name unreadable, according ...