×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Friday
05
Dec 2025
weather symbol
Athens 13°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> Culture

What did ancient languages sound like? (video)

Very fascinating

Newsroom October 25 11:10

We are always fascinated, and understandably so, about how our distant ancestors lived, what they ate, and how they communicated. Especially when it comes to how they spoke and how their language sounded there is somewhat of a mystery. We can safely surmise what ancient Greek sounded like, as the language has been researched in depth by many scholars over the centuries. But what did other, older languages like ancient Egyptian, or Summerian, or Celtic sound like? YouTube channel YEAP! uploaded what some of these ancient languages could have sounded like.

>Related articles

GREGY: Greece-Egypt agreement to export 3,000 MW to Europe

British Museum: Egypt demands the return of the Rosetta Stone — How Greece’s claim for the Parthenon Marbles is affected

Inauguration for the “pharaonic” archaeological museum with the backdrop of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – Kyriakos Mitsotakis present

See Also:

The underwater village in Crete that resurfaces (video-photos)

Visit Greece’s own “Loch Ness”, Lake Stymphalia (video)

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#ancient greece#egypt#languages#sounds
> More Culture

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Papastavrou: The ministerial meeting of the Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the USA group in Washington in April

December 5, 2025

European Commission handbook depicts the East Aegean islands and the Dodecanese as Turkish

December 5, 2025

Anger in Cyprus over the UN Secretary General’s envoy: She described the occupied territories as the “Turkish” side of Cyprus

December 5, 2025

From MAGA to Make Europe Great Again, with support for patriotic parties and a “stop” on mass immigration – How to stop the onslaught of China

December 5, 2025

Billionaire Andrej Babis reappointed Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on Tuesday

December 5, 2025

Axios: Trump will announce by Christmas the new governance structure for Gaza

December 5, 2025

Bolsonaro backs his eldest son as presidential candidate in the 2026 elections

December 5, 2025

US Ultimatum to the EU: Take on the majority of NATO spending by 2027

December 5, 2025
All News

> Culture

Christmas with light installations, music, and cinema at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

See the detailed schedule of festive events and activities

December 5, 2025

Israel will participate in Eurovision; Spain, the Netherlands & Ireland withdraw

December 4, 2025

Mendoni from Washington: Culture is a connecting and unifying force between the US and Greece

December 4, 2025

Hagia Sophia: At the mercy of…crony contractors, the adventures of the monument of Orthodoxy in Erdogan’s hands

December 3, 2025

Minoan architecture protected the palace of Archanes from natural disasters

December 3, 2025
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2025 Πρώτο Θέμα