Ancient Egyptian cursive and the yet-untranslated hieroglyphics. Known as the Rosetta Stone, this trilingual slab presented an unmatched opportunity to unlock the stories of the Ancient Egyptians.

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...

Still, he could help illuminate a forgotten era of Egyptian history from ... To Wegner's dismay, though, ancient tomb robbers had damaged the hieroglyph painting and made the name illegible.

You can see the outlines of a set of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs carved delicately into the stone. There is the royal seal of Mentuhotep IV, a little-known pharaoh who ruled for just two years in ...

From the intricate hieroglyphs of Egypt to the ... all speak to the richness and diversity of Egyptian artistry. As we journey through the art of ancient Greece, we encounter a civilization ...