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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...