They assumed that hieroglyphs were nothing more than primitive picture writing, and that their decipherment relied on a literal translation of the images they saw.

Archaeologists have taught us that before the alphabet was invented, “written" communication was in the form of pictures, known as hieroglyphics. They are believed to have originated around 3100 BCE., ...

In the two decades following the discovery, Thomas Young, an Englishman, would go on to deduce part of the hieroglyphic alphabet and Jean-François Champollion, a Frenchman, to decipher the ...

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

These are some of the earliest hieroglyphics. Facebook/Ministry of Antiquities Archaeologists from Yale University just made a revolutionary discovery that will give us clues into one of the most ...