The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II is the first royal crypt discovered in recent years, and scientists have new powerful tools ...

On the top line of this piece is the name of King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II. The owner of this piece is a man named Intef. In the hieroglyphs, he says he is the king's servant and in charge of a ...

No one studying Maya hieroglyphs would get very far without being able to read the 19 numbers that form the base of their numbering system. Can you figure out their numbering system?

Ancient Egypt is famous for its pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs. At times throughout its thousands of years of history, ancient Egypt was an empire that controlled vast areas of northeast Africa ...

Meanwhile, last year, hieroglyphic-inscribed rock carvings of several significant pharaohs — including an ancestor of King Tutankhamun — were discovered at the bottom of the Nile River.

Like something out of Stargate SG1, hieroglyphs lie hidden within a remote sandstone canyon in the deep bush of ...