Life in ancient Egypt had been a mystery for centuries until the discovery of the Rosetta stone. A new exhibition at The British Museum in London explores how the stone was decoded and celebrates ...

A new song highlights a growing interest outside the Egyptian church in reviving an ancient language of the Christian world. The darkened New York church was packed with almost 1,000 congregants ...

In July 1799, French troops building fortifications for Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign unearthed a strange black basalt slab. It was almost 4 feet tall and nearly 2.5 feet wide; its ...

Find out with our fun Ancient Egypt games and activities. ... It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation.

The language was also a key plot point in the story, as Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader) had to learn how to speak it on the fly to communicate with the people of Abydos after the ‘gate drops ...

A wide range of Egyptian films dominate the Arabic-language selection in Venice this year, including two feature debuts — from Khaled Mansour and Muhammed Hamdy — that represent new directions ...

The Egyptian language evolved for thousands of years, but its final form—Coptic—continues to hold cultural and religious significance today. This video explores how Coptic developed from ...

Unlocking ancient Egypt: British Museum celebrates study of hieroglyphics The fascinating new display comes 200 years after the language was deciphered by the French philiologist Jean-François ...

How Stargate Recreated a Dead Egyptian Language for the Alien World of Abydos. Trent Moore. Mon, May 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM UTC. 3 min read.