The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation. Since Greek was understood ...

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 ...

He died very young and was buried in a tomb with many splendid treasures. What were Egyptian hieroglyphs? The ancient Egyptians left behind written records on their buildings and on papyrus ...