Website review: The Rosetta Stone
asymptote discovered this in Ancient History
•66 reviews since Dec 2, 2007
ancient-history, egypt, linguistics
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- jadedtales rated 7 months ago
- A clear depiction of what's on the Rosetta Stone. Do you ever wonder about what it would be like to be almost done with the carving, then screw up a word? Gah! I'd be ultimately irked.
ketogah rated 7 months ago- The Rosetta Stone online. wow. Not the same as looking at it but still very cool.
- Have-a-Guiness rated 7 months ago
- Awesome detailed view of the rosetta stone
- AnalogSteve rated 7 months ago
- Super cool. I've never seen the text this clearly before.
- umbra1 rated 7 months ago
- The Rosetta Stone..very cool.
- Tracer-Bullet rated 7 months ago
- Why??? But still cool nonetheless.
- Oquendo rated 8 months ago
- The ultimate translation
- aegean rated 8 months ago
The Rosetta Stone
Oh yes. That heavy dark-greyish stone slab in the British Museum. A lot of us got close enough to it, but couldn't make out much really. Now this web page will give you a chance to get a close look.
Dating back to 196 BC, the 9th year of the reign of Ptolemy V, the inscription known as 'the Rosetta Stone' is a royal decree issued in the city of Memphis, inscribed in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic Egyptian and Greek. Obviously Greek was the key to deciphering the hieroglyphic script in 1822.
The inscription starts with praise to Ptolemy, then goes on to give an account of the siege of the city of Lycopolis, in the Nile delta. Then it underscores the care and attention the king has lavished on the temples. The final part describes the actual purpose of the royal decree: to affirm Ptolemy's cult throughout Egypt.
Click on the photo to take a close look at the famous granite slab.
Click here to read a translation of the Greek section of the Rosetta Stone.
- Blake4014 rated 8 months ago
- Its the Rosetta Stone!
