entire rolls of papyrus, some a few feet long and still relatively intact, written in hieroglyphics as well as hieratic, the cursive script the ancient Egyptians used for everyday communication.

In tandem with this pressure, there’s also this idea that nowadays, you can’t be original, even as there’s a mounting ...

The ancient Egyptians also used papyrus and writing boards which recorded laws, taxation and government business. These written records of ancient Egypt give us information about the beginning of ...

The first step was figuring out a recipe. McDonnell started by looking at the Ebers Papyrus, a 3,500-year-old document from ancient Egypt that’s full of medicinal recipes. The document lists ...

The Vesuvius Challenge, a mix of AI and antiquities, has caused no small measure of excitement among classics enthusiasts.

This plant, revered in ancient Egypt, is regaining attention today for its healing, calming, and spiritual properties backed ...

There is a common perception that science is a modern invention with roots in the ancient Greek world. While the Greeks ...

The pyramids are so central to the modern view of Egypt, and to Egyptian tourism, that it is hard not to speak ...

The history of ancient Egypt has always been a matter of state for the country, but it has also been for many historians and ...