Thousands of ancient petroglyphs in Egypt’s Western Desert face imminent loss as changing conditions threaten their preservation. In Egypt’s remote Western Desert, thousands of prehistoric petroglyphs are being worn away by a combination of...

connection between the newly found head and torso and the long-lost base was solidified through an analysis of the hieroglyphic inscriptions found on the back pillar. These carvings list the official royal titles of Ramesses II, perfectly matching those...

Scientists decode mysterious geometric writing system of diamonds, curves and broken lines first found in 1903, revealing its secrets. After more than a century of dead ends, a French scholar has finally cracked the Linear Elamite script, opening a new...

Egyptian motifs, including representations of the god Osiris, a winged sun disk, and protective cobras. Further hieroglyphic inscriptions were found, some of which reference the “Amduat,” an ancient funerary text detailing the sun god’s passage through...