The ability to read and write hieroglyphs waned with the advent of ... practiced in Egypt and in other parts of northern Africa. The 1822 breakthrough, exactly 200 years ago, was a remarkable ...

Europe has the largest collection of African artifacts ... slab from 196 B.C. that was the key to understanding ancient ...

The earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphic writings appear fully formed, either because they were developed on perishable, now-lost materials or because they were quickly "invented by an unknown genius.

Pressure from African governments and activists, combined with a large dose of colonial guilt ... When British forces defeated the French in Egypt in 1801, the Rosetta Stone, which holds the key to ...

Once seen as magical symbols unrelated to spoken language, Egyptian hieroglyphs were swathed in mystery for centuries until philologist Jean-Francois Champollion decoded their meaning in 1822.

The discovery which prompted such an outburst — and now forms the subject of the British Museum’s expansive exhibition, Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt — was momentous. Through his ...

In Depth'1822. Hieroglyphs Deciphered' (2/5). They were the remains of a language that had been dead since the 4th century and the closing of the temples of ancient Egypt. Before French ...