Hieroglyphs could be written vertically ... These written records of ancient Egypt give us information about the beginning of history. This is in contrast to societies that had no written record ...

The British Museum houses an incredible collection of artefacts from Ancient Egypt, from the famed Rosetta Stone to an impressive collection of mummies.

According to History, Young started to examine the Rosetta stone in 1814. He found that some of the hieroglyphics were contained in an oval, which he called cartouches, and that these spelled out ...

A series of Maya hieroglyphs may look like just so many pretty pictures or symbols to you. But they actually say something, of course, as Mayanists have known for some time (see Time Line of ...