and its use as Egypt transitioned to Arabic. From monastic texts to modern-day liturgy, discover how this ancient language still survives in the Coptic Orthodox Church and academic studies.

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

We use it to write down our language using small pictures called ... These short animated videos explore Ancient Egypt. There are five films devoted to key themes - such as the River Nile and ...

Shepseskaf's decision to build a mastaba instead of a pyramid has puzzled archaeologists for centuries, as it marked a ...

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