If you have ever wanted to speak the language of Cleopatra, this might be your chance.<br /><br />After 40 years of research, the University of Chicago has published an online Demotic dictionary - the language of ancient Egypt.<br /><br />Beyond showing us how people spoke at the time, the dictionary also tells us how people lived as far back as 650BC - for instance, some documents show that women had the right to own land.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan takes a look.
