The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they ...

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The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving ... everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation.