Jill Kitson: Hello and welcome to Lingua Franca. This week: decoding hieroglyphics. Archaeologist Tim Murray tells the story of the Rosetta Stone. To the ancient Egyptians, writing was the invention ...

Calendars, smart phones, your mother: each reminds you what you have to do. For eons, calendars have helped people predict the seasons, remember events, and track time. On May 10, 2012, history’s ...

Research is revealing the hieroglyphic texts from within the tomb of an Egyptian scribe. A review of how ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were first translated 200 years ago, and a look at the ...