In 1866, in the ancient city of Tanis, archaeologists uncovered two stone tablets with decrees from King Ptolemy III Euergetes upon the death of his daughter It was meant to be sent out to Egypt’s ...

Coptic represents the last phase of the ancient Egyptian language, evolving from hieroglyphs and demotic into a form written ...

The Tell el-Pharaeen archaeological site revealed a complete copy of a decree by senior priests, with hieroglyphic text ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Karim El-Shenawy has emerged as one of Egypt’s most distinctive contemporary filmmakers, known for fusing poetic visual ...