Have you ever wanted to learn how to read hieroglyphs? Egyptologist Chris Naunton explores the history of hieroglyphs and how ...

Gaia Bencini is a Ph.D. candidate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations studying Egyptology. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. FM: What were you interested in while you were ...

A French Egyptologist says he has deciphered secret messages engraved on a 3,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk built during the reign of Ramses II. The 75-foot-tall stone structure once loomed outside a ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Carol Karasik, epigrapher, reads a few Maya hieroglyphs inside the Temple of the Inscriptions in the archaeological site of Palenque, Mexico.

Like many city dwellers who felt cooped up during the pandemic, Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier took to strolling around his local neighborhood to unwind. Olette-Pelletier is an Egyptologist and, by ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A researcher discovered hidden messages called hieroglyphic cryptographies on the Luxor Obelisk in France ...

History of decipherment -- The basics -- Introduction to the calendars : numbers, initial series, and long count -- The calendar round -- The supplementary and other series -- Period endings and ...

Last year, a series of ancient hieroglyphs were discovered in the jungle of Mexico. Now, they have been decoded, revealing the identity of a previously unknown Mayan ruler. INAH Ancient hieroglyphics ...