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

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

Saying “Tothmosis” aloud, he had an epiphany: the Ancient Egyptian “MSS” resembled ... becoming the first man in 2,000 years to read hieroglyphs. He published his findings in 1824, and ...

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A lesser-known period in Egyptian history has just ... “However, ancient tomb robbers damaged the hieroglyphic texts, and not enough survives to read the king’s name. There are several ...

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

"Ancient tomb robbers damaged the hieroglyphic texts, and not enough survives to read the king's name," Wegner, who teaches Egyptian archeology at the University of Pennsylvania, said in a release ...

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Maybe, for now, it’s just the questions you write down. No answers at all. Maybe, over time, answers begin to come.