Articles on the ancient Egyptian language, hieroglyphs and ancient Egyptian literature
Beginner's Ancient Egyptian dictionary: greetings, family, verbs and pronouns in hieroglyphs, transliteration and Arabic letters, with sources for each entry.
The Harper's Songs of ancient Egypt in full: 'The sky is open for you' with hieroglyphs, 'Here lies a happy prince', tomb songs and Egyptian love poems.
Read the complete Instruction of Amenemope, an ancient Egyptian wisdom text in thirty chapters on honesty, restraint and justice, in Egyptian Arabic.
The 42 negative confessions of Maat: the Declaration of Innocence recited before Osiris, from the Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead), in English.
Read the complete Tale of Sinuhe, the great Middle Kingdom story of flight, exile and homecoming, here in an Egyptian Arabic rendering with an introduction.
How to write “Made in Egypt” in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for your products and brand: three versions with pronunciation, translation and free SVG downloads.
The Instruction of Ptahhotep, vizier of King Isesi, translated in full: maxims on listening, justice, humility and Maat, with translator's notes.
A modern Egyptian writes a letter to Imhotep, architect of Djoser's Step Pyramid, in hieroglyphs, with Arabic and English translation and transliteration.
The first Android keyboard with every hieroglyph available on desktop, from the Bastet team. See each key's sound value and get it on Google Play.
Bastet is the first translation app between Arabic and ancient Egyptian, popularly called hieroglyphic, built by the Bastet team in 2024. Download link inside.