A dictionary of thousands of words chronicling the everyday lives of people in ancient Egypt — including what taxes they paid, what they expected in a marriage and how much work they had to do for the ...

“Besides the Demotic Dictionary, the University also has some of the world’s top experts on Demotic on its faculty.” A strong cadre of research associates continue with work on the dictionary, ...

A 37-year project to compile a dictionary of an ancient Egyptian script used for daily communication has been completed, offering an unprecedented look at the words of ordinary ancient Egyptians.

The University of Chicago's "Demotic Dictionary," finally online after decades of work, sheds light on the written language of everyday Egyptians in the 7th century B.C.E.

Meanwhile, today's Republican congressional party is even more fissiparous and disorganized than the demotic Democratic congressional majorities were in the post-World War II years.

Meanwhile, today’s Republican congressional party is even more fissiparous and disorganized than the demotic Democratic congressional majorities were in the post-World War II years.

The katochoi of the Memphite Serapeum often reused the empty spaces of demotic contracts for writing private documents such as accounts, drafts of petitions and even literary texts. One such text is a ...

The states in between, the demotic center, cast 69 percent of national votes and voted 51-47 percent for Mitt Romney. That’s a 13-point regional gap, one that’s been widening.

Meanwhile, today’s Republican congressional party is even more fissiparous and disorganized than the demotic Democratic congressional majorities were in the post-World War II years.

The states in between, the demotic center, cast 69 percent of national votes and voted 51-47 percent for Mitt Romney. That's a 13-point regional gap, one that's been widening.