The Greek influence on Egyptian-Coptic transformed Egypt’s native language through loanwords, verb changes, and dialectal ...

A new song highlights a growing interest outside the Egyptian church in reviving an ancient language of the Christian world. The darkened New York church was packed with almost 1,000 congregants ...

Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this story contained inaccurate or incomplete facts about the history of language. Language is an essential part of human communication, allowing ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has launched a new round of language exams for licensed tour guides, allowing them to add one or more foreign languages—including rare ones—to their ...

Researchers have unearthed an ivory comb from 1700 BCE inscribed with a plea to eradicate lice. The finding provides direct evidence for the use of the Canaanite alphabet in daily activities some 3700 ...

The alphabet was invented around 1800 BCE and was used by the Canaanites and later by most other languages in the world. Until recently, no meaningful Canaanite inscriptions had been discovered in the ...

Commenting on the new attempt at local English-language news reporting in Palestine (Palestine Times), Matthew Carrington says: “If, as the editor claims, the Palestine Times isn't going to be ...

Archaeologists have uncovered over 18,000 pieces of pottery inscribed with details of life in ancient Egypt – including lines written as punishment by badly behaved students. The 2,000-year-old ...