The idea of Ancient Egypt has mystified people for generations — the glittering cities of gold and marble, lapis lazuli-adorned queens, and pyramids that spear the sky have the modern world’s ...

Even back in the early 1990s when they were putting together the original Stargate movie, filmmakers Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) and Dean Devlin (The Ark) knew they had to get the little ...

CAIRO — Far from Egypt’s busy capital, minority communities are struggling to preserve and protect their unique culture and languages from extinction. With a population of over 118 million, Egypt is ...

Bentley Layton, the pre-eminent scholar of his generation of the late ancient Egyptian language, Coptic, died on March 26 at his home in New Haven from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A wide range of Egyptian films dominate the Arabic-language selection in Venice this year, including two feature debuts — from Khaled Mansour and Muhammed Hamdy — that represent new directions in ...

“And the language is just a means to do that.” Mehany comes to Wisconsin through the federal Teachers of Critical Languages program. He is one of just 23 Chinese and Egyptian teachers who were ...

Archaeologists working in northern Egypt uncovered a tablet rivaling the Rosetta Stone in its importance to decoding ancient language. Trnava University via Unsplash When Napoleon’s army accidentally ...

When Napoleon's army accidentally stumbled upon a large stone covered in ancient text in 1799 in Egypt, they could not have known that the artifact would go on to become one of the most important ...