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Egypt's TokenAI Launches AI Models That Read and Translate Ancient Hieroglyphics
Alexandria-based startup TokenAI has released Horus Hiero and Horus Hiero Mini, multimodal AI models built to read, translate and reason across Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and more than 100 other languages.
By Africa AI Ledger Desk · 1 April 2026 · 1 min read
Alexandria-based startup TokenAI has released Horus Hiero and Horus Hiero Mini, multimodal AI models built to read, translate and reason across Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and more than 100 other languages.
The Models
The models are built to understand and translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs into modern languages, processing raw images of hieroglyphic carvings.
Sources: scrolla.africa, Arab News