IN this volume, the seventh of the series that Col. Waddell has devoted to the exposition of his views on the origin and relations of the great civilisations of antiquity, the author aims at ...

The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’. The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods.

The connection between hieroglyphics and emoji – systems of communication separated by thousands of years – is the subject of an intriguing new exhibition at the Israel Museum. The curators ...