The Rosetta StoneBritish Museum Press, 2005 - 64 pages The Rosetta Stone is one of the most popular artefacts in the British Museum. Containing a decree written in Greek, Demotic and hieroglyphics, it proved to be the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. This concise study traces the history of `the most famous piece of rock in the world' to become a modern icon and tells the story of the race to use it to decipher Egypt's ancient script by Jean-François Champollion and Thomas Young. Also includes a translation of the text. |
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Map | 4 |
The loss of hieroglyphs | 17 |
The rediscovery of the Stone | 24 |
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Abuqir Alexandria alphabetic signs Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian antiquities Arsinoe artefact Aswan Beneficent Bon-Joseph Dacier British Museum British Museum Press Cairo Canopus Decree cartouche carved Classical Cleopatra copies Coptic Cracking Codes Dacier decipher decipherment Decoding Demotic and hieroglyphic Description de l'Égypte diadems display Egyptian hieroglyphs Egyptian script Egyptian temple Egyptology emperors English erected European excellence father Father-loving Gods festivals Figeac fortress French scholars gallery hard stone hieroglyphic script hieroglyphic section Hieroglyphs London honours inscribed island of Philae Jean-François Champollion King Ptolemy Kircher later letter living forever Mandulis Manifest Memphis Decree Menou modern monuments Musée Champollion Napoleon Nesmeterakhem Nile obelisk orientalist Osiris Ottoman Paris pharaonic Pierre de Rosette Ptah Ptolemy III Ptolemy VI Philometor Qaitbay Rashid rebels Richard Parkinson Rosetta Stone royal Rulership scripts and languages shrine statue stela Stone's discovery symbol temples of Egypt Thomas Young three scripts traveller visitors word write written