The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought to vary from seven hundred up to seven thousand during the Ptolemaic period. Some hieroglyphs represent both a word and a sound. Ideograms portray ...

Goldwasser believes these miners looked at the hieroglyphic symbols carved onto the walls of the temple close to the mines and adapted them for their alphabet.

The elegant pictorial writing system of the ancient Egyptians—known as hieroglyphics—has fascinated generations of archeologists. Its precise origins are uncertain. One ancient Egyptian legend ...

This article was originally published on Sept. 21, 2022. For centuries, scholars looked at ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and scratched their heads. Scholars had no idea what the various symbols ...