Emerging in the early centuries CE, Coptic adapted the Greek alphabet to write Egyptian, adding characters for unique sounds.

From Osiris’ resurrection to the story of Moses in a basket, striking parallels exist between ancient Egyptian mythology and biblical narratives. But how deep do they go? Some internet claims collapse ...

February 21 is World Mother Language Day. Al Jazeera looks at the most spoken languages and which ones are endangered.

The comparison focused on three-dimensional geometry rather than decoration. This matters because cartonnage masks were often shaped in molds: If two objects were formed in the same mold, they can ...

We know ancient Egypt for its pyramids and royal tombs, but its influence reaches far beyond monuments. The people of this early civilization developed several practical tools and ideas that ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

The Rosetta Stone is not merely a historical artifact; it represents a monumental breakthrough in the field of linguistics and the study of ancient civilizations. Discovered in 1799 by French soldiers ...

Egyptian hieroglyphs are among the oldest writing systems in the world, dating back some 5,200 years. Known in ancient Egyptian as the “language of the gods” and said to have been created by the god ...

A recent study examines how centuries of contact between Greek and Egypt’s native language shaped Coptic, the final stage of ancient Egyptian, influencing both its structure and vocabulary. In a study ...