Secrets of the Dead, Decoding Hieroglyphics

PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 10 PM

Thursday, Nov. 3, at 3 AM

The first modern translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics happened 200 years ago. How was the ancient code cracked? Today, archaeologists are busy translating hieroglyphics from an important scribe’s tomb, its walls covered from floor to ceiling with symbols thousands of years old. This new research is giving archaeologists a better understanding of life in ancient Egypt.