The mysteries of Ancient Egypt were explored at a special workshop for children who are home educated. Almost 50 youngster took part in the Bury workshop.

The ancient Egyptians also used papyrus and writing boards to keep records of thing like laws. This is different from societies living at the same time who used no writing, such as the people who ...

In 1862, an American antiquities dealer was in an Egyptian marketplace, squinting at a scroll. The scroll was written in hieratic, a type of ancient Egyptian cursive, and the dealer, Edwin Smith, wasn ...

Although ancient Egyptians documented fine details on many subjects, they didn’t explain how they made the ancient material. According to Ismail, Hassan started researching the subject in the early ...

Archaeologists Unearthed 'Book of the Dead' Papyrus in 3,500-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Cemetery The ancient Egyptians are still considered geniuses. From the construction of pyramids to burying ...

Egyptian mummy can 'live forever' after researchers use hi-tech scan to read secret writing and reveal his name 3,000 year old mummy has been on display at Chiddington Castle in Kent ...

Naphtali Lewis, Papyrus and Ancient Writing: The First Hundred Years of Papyrology, Archaeology, Vol. 36, No. 4 (July/August 1983), pp. 31-37 ...

BOSTON — A Harvard University professor on Tuesday unveiled a fourth-century fragment of papyrus she said is the only existing ancient text quoting Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife… ...

First appearing about 3000 B.C., the pictographic symbols used in hieroglyphic writing became the formal language ancient Egyptians used to inscribe religious texts on monumental tombs and temples.

Containing writing in a form of ancient Egyptian known as Demotic, the papyrus is likely to have originated in the Fayum village of Tebtunis at a time when the Romans controlled Egypt.