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.
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