Author: Henry MortonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chromolithography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Report of the Committee Appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania to Translate the Inscription on the Rosetta Stone
Author: Henry MortonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chromolithography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Report of the Committee . to Translate the Inscription on the Rosetta Stone
Author: University of Pennsylvania. Philomathean SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Rosetta stone
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Rosetta Stone Report
Author: The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt
Author: John RayPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674024931
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series(Part I and Part II) The Rosetta Stone is one of the world's great wonders, attracting awed pilgrims by the tens of thousands each year. This book tells the Stone's story, from its discovery by Napoleon's expedition to Egypt to its current--and controversial-- status as the single most visited object on display in the British Museum. A pharaoh's forgotten decree, cut in granite in three scripts--Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic, and ancient Greek--the Rosetta Stone promised to unlock the door to the language of ancient Egypt and its 3,000 years of civilization, if only it could be deciphered. Capturing the drama of the race to decode this key to the ancient past, John Ray traces the paths pursued by the British polymath Thomas Young and Jean-Francois Champollion, the "father of Egyptology" ultimately credited with deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. He shows how Champollion "broke the code" and explains more generally how such deciphering is done, as well as its critical role in the history of Egyptology. Concluding with a chapter on the political and cultural controversy surrounding the Stone, the book also includes an appendix with a full translation of the Stone's text. Rich in anecdote and curious lore, The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt is a brilliant and frequently amusing guide to one of history's great mysteries and marvels.
The Writing of the Gods
Author: Edward DolnickPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501198939
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The surprising and compelling story of two rival geniuses in an all-out race to decode one of the world's most famous documents--the Rosetta Stone--and their twenty-year-long battle to solve the mystery of ancient Egypt's hieroglyphs. The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the world, attracting millions of visitors to the British museum ever year, and yet most people don't really know what it is. Discovered in a pile of rubble in 1799, this slab of stone proved to be the key to unlocking a lost language that baffled scholars for centuries. Carved in ancient Egypt, the Rosetta Stone carried the same message in different languages--in Greek using Greek letters, and in Egyptian using picture-writing called hieroglyphs. Until its discovery, no one in the world knew how to read the hieroglyphs that covered every temple and text and statue in Egypt. Dominating the world for thirty centuries, ancient Egypt was the mightiest empire the world had ever known, yet everything about it--the pyramids, mummies, the Sphinx--was shrouded in mystery. Whoever was able to decipher the Rosetta Stone, and learn how to read hieroglyphs, would solve that mystery and fling open a door that had been locked for two thousand years. Two brilliant rivals set out to win that prize. One was English, the other French, at a time when England and France were enemies and the world's two great superpowers. The Writing of the Gods chronicles this high-stakes intellectual race in which the winner would win glory for both himself and his nation. A riveting portrait of empires both ancient and modern, this is an unparalleled look at the culture and history of ancient Egypt and a fascinating, fast-paced story of human folly and discovery unlike any other.
A Translation of the Rosetta Stone
Author: Randolph Greenfield AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rosetta stone
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Report of the Committee Appointed to Translate the Rosetta Stone
Author: University of Pennsylvania. Philomathean SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone
Author: James Cross GiblinPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064461378
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
"Until the Rosetta Stone was finally translated and the decoding of hieroglyphic writing made possible, much of Egyptian history was lost. The author has done a masterful job of distilling information, citing the highlights, and fitting it all together in an interesting and enlightening look at a puzzling subject." —H. "The social and intellectual history here are fascinating. A handsome, inspiring book." —K. Notable Children's Books of 1991 (ALA) Notable 1990 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) Children's Books of 1990 (Library of Congress) 100 Books for Reading and Sharing (NY Public Library) Parenting Honorable Mention, Reading Magic Award
Report of the Committee Appointed... to Translate the Rosetta Stone
Author: University of Pennsylvania. PhilomatheanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Cracking Codes
Author: R. B. ParkinsonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520223066
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Deciphering the Rosetta Stone -- Reading a text: the Egyptian scripts of the Rosetta Stone -- Towards reading a cultural code: the uses of writing in ancient Egypt -- The future: futher codes to crack.