Hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic: what were the writings of the Egyptians?

200 years ago, Jean-François Champollion managed to solve the enigma of Egyptian hieroglyphics, thereby opening a vast window on the civilization that was at its origin. But if the hieroglyphic writing is the best known, it is not the only one to have been used by the Egyptians of Antiquity who also gave birth to … Read more