An Egyptian figure wearing a headdress with a snake, is seated on a stool with an ornamental design…
A comparative table of hieroglyphics and ancient alphabet characters.
"48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up…
"Below the pictured hieroglyphics in the first line is the same text in a simpler writing known as hieratic.…
Another element in Egyptian monuments which is worthy of study is the hieroglyphics, which mean, literally,…
An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, monument with a pyramid top. This particular one is inscribed…
"Early Egyptian Pictures. Ploughing, breaking clods, and sowing."—Gordy, 1912
A drawing of plowing and sowing in the Pyramid Age of Egypt. The hieroglyphs tell the story of the picture.
"In 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found and gave the first key to the reading of hieroglyphics. On this…
"In 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found and gave the first key to the reading of hieroglyphics. On this…
"In 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found and gave the first key to the reading of hieroglyphics. On this…
A fragment of an Ancient Egyptian text, which provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian…
"In the Nile valley there had been found a few ancient inscriptions, carved upon stone in unknown characters,…
A row of hieroglyphics showing men working. These are to honor Shalmaneser, king of Assyria.
Figures from the palace of Sennacherib, located in Kouyunjik, Nineveh (ancient Assyria).
This temple is at the southern end of the Great Temple in Philae. The temple was dedicated to the worship…