It can all be, I have to admit, rather overwhelming and I’d suggest anyone planning a Nile cruise should swot up a little on ...

He made two trips to Egypt ... that the other was that of Cleopatra, Young made a huge breakthrough, adding the letters “A” and “R” to the hieroglyphic alphabet and identifying determiners ...

Using the Ancient Greek portion, in 1814 the polymath Thomas Young identified the names of Greek rulers who had governed Egypt, as they appeared in hieroglyphic form ... The names of King Ptolemy and ...

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and ...

A 3,000-year-old Pharaonic inscription of Ramses III has been found in Jordan’s Wadi Rum, revealing Egypt’s ancient ties.

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The symbol is frequently seen in ancient burials — especially on a type of ...

An international team of archeologists have discovered a massive tomb that belonged to one of ancient Egypt’s earliest ... as well as hieroglyphic texts on yellow bands. According to Wegner ...

The burial chamber discovered in January at Abydos, an important city in ancient Egypt located about 10 ... buried inside was originally recorded in hieroglyphic texts on plastered brickwork ...

when the Greeks founded their own settlement and necropolis there around 332 B.C., during Egypt's Hellenistic period. Researchers found the older ancient Egyptian settlement while they were ...

The discovery sheds new light on a lesser-known region of Egypt, offering insight into the daily life and reach of royal influence beyond the Nile Valley., especially involving some of Ancient ...