What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’. The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods.

A series of Maya hieroglyphs may look like just so many ... You can both read the ancient Maya (transcribed using the Roman alphabet) and hear it spoken (by Mayanist Barbara MacLeod) as well ...

The connection between hieroglyphics and emoji – systems of communication separated by thousands of years – is the subject of an intriguing new exhibition at the Israel Museum. The curators ...