http://www.artyfactory.com/egyptian_art/egyptian_hieroglyphs/rosetta_stone.htm
A sub-section of the Arty Factory website, the Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs is essentially dedicated to teach you how to draw Egyptian art. Part of the site is dedicated to discussing the Rosetta Stone, but the description is brief and neglects the information about Thomas Young, and the method by which Champollion came to decipher the Rosetta Stone and the Egyptian language.
Nevertheless, the site does give useful information on the Hieroglyphic alphabet, such as which hieroglyphs correlate to which sounds and letters of the English alphabet and how they are used. However, it is mainly for fun and for translating English words into hieroglyphic form, not into the actual Egyptian language.
Monday, 13 October 2014
Encyclopedia Britannica - Rosetta Stone
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/509988/Rosetta-Stone
In the Encyclopedia Britannica entry for the Rosetta Stone, focus is given to the Rosetta Stone's decipherment, with a brief physical description, describing where it was found and by whom, and a brief summarization of the contents of the Rosetta Stone.
The site does a good job of giving credit to both Thomas Young and Jean Champollion, and describes in detail their discoveries of what Hieroglyphs were, what they meant, and how they were to be read.
For example, Thomas Young determined through studying the direction that the hieroglyphs faced that they are commonly written and read right to left, and Jean Champollion discovered that the Egyptian hieroglyphs were a translation from the Greek text, not the other way around.
In the Encyclopedia Britannica entry for the Rosetta Stone, focus is given to the Rosetta Stone's decipherment, with a brief physical description, describing where it was found and by whom, and a brief summarization of the contents of the Rosetta Stone.
The site does a good job of giving credit to both Thomas Young and Jean Champollion, and describes in detail their discoveries of what Hieroglyphs were, what they meant, and how they were to be read.
For example, Thomas Young determined through studying the direction that the hieroglyphs faced that they are commonly written and read right to left, and Jean Champollion discovered that the Egyptian hieroglyphs were a translation from the Greek text, not the other way around.
About - What is the Rosetta Stone?
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/egypt/p/rosettastone.htm
The above hyperlink goes to the site About, a general information site that discusses topics such as Arts and Literature, History, Science, as well as resources for students. The page dedicated to the Rosetta stone gives general information about the artifact, describing what it is, where it was discovered, its location, the languages on it, and how it was deciphered. It also discusses the contents that are to be found on the Rosetta Stone, which is a decree affirming the cult of the then-current Pharaoh of Egypt, Ptolemy V, and names the honours bestowed upon him.
However, the page is not without its flaws. Namely, it attributes the majority of the credit to Jean Champollion, while claiming that the discovery made by Thomas Young was done by scholars in general. More significantly, it only mentions that the key Champollion found to deciphering the Rosetta stone was in his 'Lettre à M. Dacier' published in 1822, and does not elaborate on the subject further than that.
As a result, one would have to look to another site or source in order to learn what the key Champollion used was.
The above hyperlink goes to the site About, a general information site that discusses topics such as Arts and Literature, History, Science, as well as resources for students. The page dedicated to the Rosetta stone gives general information about the artifact, describing what it is, where it was discovered, its location, the languages on it, and how it was deciphered. It also discusses the contents that are to be found on the Rosetta Stone, which is a decree affirming the cult of the then-current Pharaoh of Egypt, Ptolemy V, and names the honours bestowed upon him.
However, the page is not without its flaws. Namely, it attributes the majority of the credit to Jean Champollion, while claiming that the discovery made by Thomas Young was done by scholars in general. More significantly, it only mentions that the key Champollion found to deciphering the Rosetta stone was in his 'Lettre à M. Dacier' published in 1822, and does not elaborate on the subject further than that.
As a result, one would have to look to another site or source in order to learn what the key Champollion used was.
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