Those four symbols spell "Rachel" -- who, on Friday, was sitting at a table in the Putnam Museum with a pointed stick and blue paint writing her name in hieroglyphics.

Egyptian Hieroglyphics [photomechanical print] Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery ...

The first modern translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics happened 200 years ago. How was the ancient code cracked? Today, archaeologists are busy translating hieroglyphics from an important scribe ...

Sacred carvings etched into a 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk may finally have been deciphered, thanks to the work of French Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier. The monument, which once ...

NGV’s Ancient Egypt for Kids Lets Them Build Pyramids, Draw Hieroglyphs and Play GamesThis winter children can get a glimpse into the ancient past while surrounded by real artefacts at NGV’s new ...

The British Museum in London is launching a new exhibition celebrating 200 years since ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were translated. Hieroglyphics is an ancient Egyptian language which uses ...

Here's what 'LOL' looks like in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics A new Google machine learning tool shows that pictogram symbols of yore were pretty similar to emojis of today.

The hidden tomb of an Egyptian royal priest had been untouched for around 4,400 years and is covered with exceptionally preserved statues and hieroglyphics.

Ancient Egyptian Stories Will Be Published in English for the First Time Translated from hieroglyphics on monuments, tombs and papyri, the book will present tales few outside of academia have read ...

There were only five female pharaohs in all of Egyptian history, and the style and materials used in the artifacts match others found in the temple of Hatshepsut, Smithsonian reported.

The kids found the symbols to spell their names, and sat at a table, copying them onto a cartouche, itself a symbol, an oblong enclosure tied with a rope, which signifies eternal life.