A study provides new insights into the many overlooked women scribes who wrote manuscripts in the Middle Ages.

Ancient Egyptian scribes had higher rates of osteoarthritis and joint conditions due to repetitive and stationary work, a study published late last month in the peer-reviewed scientific journal ...

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...