Who invented the alphabet, and why? First, the hard facts: The earliest evidence of what’s thought to be the world’s first alphabet is a group of 3,500-year-old inscriptions found in Egypt’s Sinai ...

Writing shaped our world and the rise of human knowledge, from the trading of goods to tales of ancient goddesses and kings. Follow the evolution of the written word, from 4,000-year-old carvings in ...

Half-title: The new-Egyptian alphabet. EGYPTIAN ALPHABET FOR THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE TO WHICH IS APPENDED AN EGYPTIAN ARABIC READINGBOOK IN THE ROMAN CHARACTER BY WILLARD FISKE ...

This post originally appeared on the Fontyou blog, and has been adapted with permission. You may know the philosophy of Andy Warhol or the career path of Zinedine Zidane from A to Z. But do you know ...

Discovered in Egypt by Napoleon’s conquering forces, this plain-looking slab was the key to cracking the code of Egyptian hieroglyphics. Although it's just a fragment of a larger rock slab, the ...