Hieroglyphics is are of the oldest forms of writing. They started in Egypt around 3000 BC and employ pictorial characters to represent objects, people and animals. Egypt was full of hieroglyphic ...

Author Maggie Anton shares why, after writing a novel set in the 20th century, she decided to write a novel set in Biblical ...

They tell us about beliefs, gods, clothing and everyday life. The ancient Egyptians also used papyrus and writing boards to keep records of thing like laws. This is different from societies living ...

The second room is more concerned with Egyptian writing, hieroglyphics and style, while the third covers buildings and statues – if you don’t leave it as an expert on the making of faience (a ...

Scribes in Ancient Egypt suffered hip, spine and shoulder problems from sitting cross-legged with their head bent forwards ...

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