Writing shaped our world and the rise of human knowledge, from the trading of goods to tales of ancient goddesses and kings. Follow the evolution of the written word, from 4,000-year-old carvings in ...

The elegant pictorial writing system of the ancient Egyptians—known as hieroglyphics—has fascinated generations of archeologists. Its precise origins are uncertain. One ancient Egyptian legend holds ...

Egypt’s first interactive platform for learning ancient Egyptian language, the “Hieroglyphs Step by Step” website, has recently launched its second development phase, expanding its reach and ...

A 37-year project to compile a dictionary of an ancient Egyptian script used for daily communication has been completed, offering an unprecedented look at the words of ordinary ancient Egyptians. The ...

The subject of this essay is the alphabetization project of Daniel Willard Fiske (1831–1904). Fiske's project would allow the Egyptians to adopt a new alphabet based on the Latin one, and to adopt ...

A dictionary of thousands of words chronicling the everyday lives of people in ancient Egypt — including what taxes they paid, what they expected in a marriage and how much work they had to do for the ...

Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Sept. 4 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with KPBS Passport! Beginning in ancient Egypt, NOVA "A TO Z: The First Alphabet" explores some of the ...