An App to Translate Egyptian Hieroglyphs
A New App to Translate Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphs, the language of ancient Egyptians, have long puzzled historians and Egypt enthusiasts who have worked hard to understand the language of a civilization that has made a global impact, especially through its constructions and its famous pictograms.
However, it wasn't until July 15, 1799, when Pierre-François Bouchard discovered the Rosetta Stone, a 760-kilogram stone that literally became the translator of Egyptian hieroglyphs. This was the key that enabled both historians and Egypt lovers to decipher the first hieroglyphs.
How many times have you dreamed of being able to read a hieroglyph in real-time to discover all that it hides behind? Well, now Google makes it a bit easier with its new application that allows us to translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs using artificial intelligence.
Specifically, it is part of the Google Arts & Culture app, and the tool that will allow us to read hieroglyphs is called Fabricius. This will open a door to Egypt from several millennia before Christ, specifically from 3200 BC to 400 AD. They are loaded with history across the centuries, and we find it utterly fascinating.
Do you have a photo of a hieroglyph from a museum anywhere in the world? Are you seeing one in person right now? Well, just take a photo (if possible), pass it through the app, and discover what these Egyptians had to tell us. You can also wait for the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the largest dedicated to a civilization, and seek out the most unusual hieroglyphs... you might be surprised by everything they have to share with us.
Additionally, the application will digitally enhance, expand, and compare our photographed hieroglyph with the existing symbols in the database so that the experience is 100% complete and provides a representation of everything those Egyptians are saying with the greatest possible accuracy.
Google continues to amaze us with these new applications, but all we can say is thank you because for a moment we can feel like Cleopatra or the very Tutankhamun.