Credit: Rodney / CC BY-SA 2.0 A French Egyptologist has uncovered secret hieroglyphs hidden for more than 3,000 years on the Luxor Obelisk at Place de la Concorde in Paris. The discovery sheds new ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The symbol is frequently seen in ancient burials — especially on a type of ...

Credit: Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities A Pharaonic hieroglyphic inscription bearing the royal cartouche of Pharaoh Ramses III has been discovered in southern Jordan’s Wadi Rum Reserve, ...

Unlike cuneiform (“wedge-shaped”) or hieroglyphics (“sacred carvings”) — names that evoke the distinct essence of ancient scripts — “Chinese character” is vague, impersonal and oddly detached from its ...

The discovery consists of a royal Pharaonic hieroglyphic inscription bearing a royal seal belonging to the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses III (around 1184 BC-1153 BC). Annab said it is the first such ...

Egyptian Hall, with its walls and columns ornately decorated with hieroglyphs and Egyptian art, is a crowd favorite, and, according to McKee and Hopkins, all of the decorations are historically ...

An image shows the hieroglyphic inscription bearing the royal cartouche of Pharaoh Ramses III (1186–1155 BC) discovered in the Wadi Rum Reserve in southern Jordan (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of ...

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This week’s batch includes new albums from Tunde Adebimpe; Julien Baker & Torres; Hieroglyphic Being; Juana Rozas; Davido; Mozzy; Superheaven; and Lucy Railton. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New ...

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On the door were decorations and hieroglyphic inscriptions. The text identified the site as a tomb belonging to a poorly known prince, whose name could be translated as “Userefre” or “Waser ...