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Archaeologists in Egypt just unearthed 2,600-year-old clay vessels — filled with ancient cheese. The discovery was made at ...
The middle inscription was in “demotic” script, the form of Egyptian used by everyday people. Translation of the Ancient Greek text at the bottom of the stone indicated that it was a decree ...
The restoration efforts also uncovered dipinti, or graffiti written in ink, in Demotic script (the cursive script derived from ancient Egyptian hieratic).
Coptic represents the last phase of the ancient Egyptian language, evolving from hieroglyphs and demotic into a form written with mostly Greek letters. This video traces the development of Coptic from ...
Ancient Egypt Ancient painting revealed in Egypt beneath layers of bird poop A careful cleansing of the ancient temple's walls revealed artwork that has been hidden for thousands of years ...
Excavators uncovered several artifacts with Demotic script – the ancient Egyptian writing also seen on the Rosetta Stone. Other vessels were also discovered but are yet to be opened, the ...
The middle text in Demotic script, an ancient Egyptian form of writing for daily business, was the best preserved. Of the lower, ancient Greek text, a large corner piece was missing.
A detail of a 3rd-century B.C. copy of the Canopus Decree written in Egyptian hieroglyphs and Demotic script, with an ancient Greek translation beneath.
The Coptic magical texts appear around the fourth century and seem to represent a tradition which continues that of the older Greek and Demotic (an earlier Egyptian script) magical papyri, which ...
Egypt is demanding the return of artefacts being held at the British Museum, the Louvre, ... Ancient Greek, and demotic script, which is a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics.