To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. Nearly 4000 years ago a hieroglyphic script was used on Crete which predates ...

Each chapter introduces a new aspect of hieroglyphic script or Middle Egyptian grammar and encourages acquisition of reading skills with practical exercises. The texts offer insights into the daily ...

In the second half of the course, we will explore Mesoamerican writing systems and focus on learning the Maya hieroglyphic script—the most sophisticated system ever produced in the Americas. This ...

The Rosetta Stone is famous around the world for having served as the key to deciphering the ancient Egyptian language and hieroglyphic script. The largest Egyptian sculpture in the British Museum ...

Four small, clay tablets, unearthed in 2004, are finally gaining attention as possibly the first evidence of an alphabet, but ...

A few decades ago, researchers discovered four small clay cylinders marked with strange symbols at an ancient tomb in Syria. They’ve now concluded that those symbols are letters—and they may be the ...

The basalt tablet was found in 2021 by fishermen during a dry season and contains 60 carved characters in seven rows - but 39 ...

Scholars had previously believed that alphabetic writing originated in Egypt sometime after 1900 B.C.E. However, this ...

Let’s face it—fonts are the unsung heroes of design. You might not give them much thought, but they can make or break your ...