[PDF.26ml] The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding of Egyptian Hieroglyphics

The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding of Egyptian Hieroglyphics

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 | #4669858 in Books |  2002-07-25 | Original language:French |  7.80 x.51 x5.08l, | File type: PDF | 192 pages

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||7 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Academic and Dull|By MaggieApril|This is an English translation of a French publication. I chose it based on the favorable reviews it received and was extremely disappointed. The Rosetta Stone is a fascinating subject and an important find, yet I found this hard to read (boring) and difficult to follow (many facts, little in the way of explanation.) I have not read any of t|.com |The Rosetta Stone is a dense summary of the 1799 discovery in Egypt of the granite block that, by virtue of having been engraved with identical text in three different languages (Greek, demotic--or "common"--ancient Egyptian, and hieroglyphics) m

In July 1799 a French officer serving in Bonaparte's army in Egypt made an interesting discovery. A granite slab unearthed near the small town of Rosetta bore texts in three different scripts - Greek, demotic Egyptian and hieroglyphs. For the first time there was a real hope of decoding Egyptian writing. The Stone was soon stolen from the French by the British Army and removed to the British Museum in London. Now began a remarkable and highly competitive intellectual adv...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding of Egyptian Hieroglyphics   |  Robert Sole, Dominique Valbelle. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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