With so many ancient texts around the world, you might wonder which alphabet was the first to be developed. In other words, ...

The accepted story is that the first alphabet developed in the Sinai Peninsula around 1,900 B.C., an innovation on Egyptian hieroglyphics, but a discovery in a tomb in Syria challenges that narrative.

The engraved symbols may be part of the earliest known alphabet, but not everyone agrees. . | Credit: Glenn Schwartz/Johns Hopkins University With so many ancient texts around the world ...

The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again?

The phonetic hieroglyph alphabet is the closest version to ... to ward off evil spirits and keep the name inside it safe. Hieroglyphics are found on seals, plaques, tombs, pottery and walls ...

Using this handy grid, try to spell your name using Egyptian hieroglyphics. Each symbol stands for a different letter, just like an English alphabet. If you want to be very clever, see if you can ...