Archaeologists recently uncovered New Kingdom tombs in Luxor, Egypt, revealing insights into Ancient Egyptian history and the ...

When curator of Egyptian archaeology Nir Or Lev began his role at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, he wasn’t just focused on the glorious past -- he was thinking about the future. His vision: was ...

When video of a dog at the top of an Egyptian pyramid in Giza went viral last week, tens of millions of social media users were simultaneously delighted and baffled. How did the dog get up there ...

By the time Young published his decipherment in 1819, Champollion had been fixated on the challenge of deciphering hieroglyphs for about a decade. He believed his knowledge of Egyptian Coptic ...

Beatrix Potter's classic children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit has been translated into ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs by the British Museum. The translation turns the story of a mischievous rabbit ...

Part of a decree issued by Egyptian priests in honor of the pharaoh Ptolemy III. (Like the Rosetta Stone, the limestone carving features three scripts: hieroglyphs, demotic and Greek.) Image A ...

“I wanted to make the Egyptian world accessible to children,” says Or Lev. “For me, it all started when I was 10 years old, trying to write my name in hieroglyphs and getting hooked on ...