Mysterious hieroglyphs written in red paint on the floor of a hidden chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza are just numbers, according to a mathematical analysis of the 4,500-year-old mausoleum.

DAVENPORT -- A mouth, vulture, cow stomach and lion. 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 ...

Ancient Egypt for Kids transports children back thousands of years through historical objects and hands-on activities. We chat to curator Kate Ryan about this “meeting across time” and how kids can ...

A robot explorer sent through the Great Pyramid of Giza has begun to unveil some of the secrets behind the 4,500-year-old pharaonic mausoleum after it transmitted the first images behind one of its ...

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, through the Center for Font Studies, launched the “Hieroglyphics Step by Step” website, in cooperation with the Information Technology Department, to teach hieroglyphics.

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 pictures ...