Ancient Egyptian scribes’ life works are written on their bones. Arthritis and other damage mark the scribes’ skeletons where the men sat cross-legged or kneeled hunched over papyrus scrolls ...

Ancient Egyptian statues and art depict scribes holding cross-legged or kneeling positions while working. Martin Frouz / Czech Institute of Egyptology In ancient Egypt, scribes held one of the ...

= (PICTURE)= CAIRO, Feb 19, 2007 (AFP) - Archaeologists have found a rare double wooden statue of an ancient Egyptian scribe and his wife near a pyramid in Saqqara, south of Cairo, the country's ...

A statue of Amenhotep as a seated scribe of the 18th dynasty, circa 1550 B.C. to 1292 B.C., at the Luxor Museum in Egypt. Poor posture and the repetitive tasks of ancient scribes may have caused ...

Dozens of statues of ancient Egyptian scribes have been put on special display to mark the launch of this year’s Cairo International Book Fair Writing played a major role throughout ancient ...

Statues depicting ancient Egyptians, including a scribe in a seated position. . | Credit: Martin Frouz and the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University ...

Ancient Egyptian scribes who put brush to papyrus thousands of years ago are often depicted as kneeling or sitting cross-legged – working postures that apparently took a toll on their bones. The ...

Relief depicting two scribes from Mastaba of Akhethotep at Saqqara, Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty. Collection of The Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Photo: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images.

The roles of the scribes were crucial in ancient Egyptian society, but the records they left behind have been even more valuable to researchers. “The ancient Egyptians kept careful records of ...