The British Museum Book of the Rosetta StoneDorset Press, 1991 - 64 pages Tells of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, and the story of how its mystery was solved. Includes a translation of text, a hieroglyphic alphabet, and a brief illustration of the ancient Egyptian language. |
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... signs borrowed from de- motic , in a form called Coptic which is the script and language of the Christian descendants of the ancient Egyptians . Indeed , the word Coptic is merely a form of Aiguptios , that is , Egyptian THE ROSETTA STONE ...
... signs borrowed from de- motic , in a form called Coptic which is the script and language of the Christian descendants of the ancient Egyptians . Indeed , the word Coptic is merely a form of Aiguptios , that is , Egyptian THE ROSETTA STONE ...
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... word for ' life ' or ' living ' was onkh , which was thought to be derived from an ancient Egyptian word ankh represented by the sign † . It was therefore guessed that the next signs meant ' ever ' . Here Coptic was of little help for ...
... word for ' life ' or ' living ' was onkh , which was thought to be derived from an ancient Egyptian word ankh represented by the sign † . It was therefore guessed that the next signs meant ' ever ' . Here Coptic was of little help for ...
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... word in the Egyptian and Greek sections would rather suggest that the demotic version came first . In the passage ... Egyptian versions . The Greek passage uses the words ' on the square surface ' when identifying the location of the ...
... word in the Egyptian and Greek sections would rather suggest that the demotic version came first . In the passage ... Egyptian versions . The Greek passage uses the words ' on the square surface ' when identifying the location of the ...
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Åkerblad Alexandria alphabetically written ancient Egyptian language Arsinoe Bankes obelisk base block BELOVED OF PTAH Berenike biliteral BRITISH MUSEUM BOOK Cairo cartouche of Cleopatra Champollion contain the name Coptic copy correctly Damanhur decipherment of hieroglyphs Delta demotic section demotic text demotic version demotic words derived from hieroglyphs diadems discovery early decipherers Egyp Egyptian and Greek Egyptian Antiquities Egyptian version Egyptian word EPIPHANES EUCHARISTOS father festival French glyphs Gods Philopatores Greek form Greek section Greek text Greek words Hermopolis Parva hieratic hiero hieroglyphic form hieroglyphic section honours Horus identified ideograms inscription Institut National King PTOLEMY kingship Lower Egypt Memphis motic name Cleopatra name Ptolemy Osiris patra Philae phonetic complement phonetic value priests PTOL realised reign represent the letter Rosetta Stone royal name scholars scription shrine Silvestre de Sacy sound value stela symbolic temples throughout Thomas Young Thoth three signs tion translation triliteral Upper Egypt whereas writing written in HIEROGLYPHS