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 ...

A 12-year-old girl discovered a 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab amulet near Hod Hasharon, Israel, which is now on display in ...

A rare full set of ancient Egyptian astrological symbols has been uncovered under 2,000 years' worth of grime in Luxor's Temple of Esna, in southern Egypt. The set is just one of three full sets ...

Zodiac symbols are completely unattested in Egyptian rock art, making this image the only known example. By studying the history of the zodiac sign, its introduction into Egypt, and its use ...

After looking online, the family realized the importance of the object and contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority.

During a family trip near Tel Qana, an archaeological site in Israel’s Hod Hasharon, 12-year-old Dafna Filshteiner stumbled ...

Experts Stumble on First-Ever Zodiac Symbol of Goat-Fish Carving in Egyptian Rock Art, Identify It as Capricornus A rare ...

Describing the ancient artwork in a new study ... are “otherwise absent from the known corpus of Egyptian petroglyphs.” Reviewing the symbol’s history, the researchers note that the ...

Twelve-year-old Dafna Filshteiner discovers ancient scarab during a family trip near an archaeological site in Hod Hasharon.

The Egyptian pyramids, iconic symbols of ancient architecture and human ingenuity, have long fascinated historians and ...