Ancient Egyptian Scribes Faced 'Occupational Risk' Too. Published Jun 27, 2024 at 11:00 AM EDT Updated Jun 27, 2024 at 7:17 PM EDT. By .

A study of skeletal remains dated to the 3rd millennium B.C. has revealed the occupational hazards that ancient Egyptian scribes may have faced thousands of years ago. The study, published in the ...

Ancient Egyptian scribes held high-status jobs, making up some of the 1% of Egyptians who could read and write at that time. But the scribes suffered for it: New research published in Scientific ...

The study provided insights from skeletons uncovered in Abusir, an ancient Egyptian archaeological pyramid complex. Many studies on the remains of ancient Egyptian scribes have fo ...

Old Kingdom scribes generally wrote in hieratic, the cursive script that developed around 2700 B.C. Simpler than the formal hieroglyphs used in temples and tombs, hieratic allowed a scribe to ...

The model, which is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, was made from a wooden box measuring 29.5 by 22 by 14.4 inches (74.9 by 56 by 36.5 centimeters). The slightly peaked ...

Analysis - Tens of thousands of years ago, during a period of Egyptian history known as the Old Kingdom (around 2649-2130 BC), it was rare for people to be able to read and write. From an ...

Thousands of years ago, during a period of Egyptian history known as the Old Kingdom (around 2649–2130 BC), it was rare for people to be able to read and write.From an estimated population of ...

A look at how the scribes, whose hieroglyphs are among the most recognisable features of ancient Egyptian culture, were the essential administrative backbone of a highly organised state machine ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, during a period of Egyptian history known as the Old Kingdom (around 2649–2130 BC), it was rare for people to be able to read and write. From an estimated population of ...