The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...

Depictions of the bee appear very early in the development of coinage in ancient Greece, which may have started in Ephesus.

Hieroglyphs ... real ancient inscriptions. Week Two In our second week we will build on our knowledge as we become more familiar with hieroglyphs. We will focus on how to write the plural, identify ...

Champollion had extensive knowledge about Egypt and even understood the Coptic language, which had descended from ancient Egyptian. He found that the hieroglyphics contained Coptic sounds.