Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods: Osiris ...

For centuries we’ve wondered how the ancient Egyptians built the magnificent pyramids of Giza. Historians and archaeologists still debate the construction method, the size and skill of the workforce, ...