DAVENPORT-- A bird represents A. The lion is L. A loaf of bread is T. These were some of the symbols kids used to write their names in hieroglyphics at the Putnam Museum's Unearthing Ancient Egypt ...

Everybody knows (or should do, at least) that ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun had a dagger containing iron from a meteorite. The dagger, found in the pharaoh's tomb, was examined through portable ...