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a much needed republication - excellent

Posted : 17 years ago on 1 June 2007 02:42

A republication of the first edition, published in 1929, this book provides the English translations of the hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek texts as well as the original Greek and hieroglyphic inscriptions, as they appear on the Rosetta Stone. It also describes its discovery and its arrival in London.

The author briefly explains the coptic alphabet and tells the history of the decipherment by Thomas Young and Jean-Franรงois Champollion. Finally, in the last section are the English translations of the decrees of Canopus and of Memphis.

Interesting to all persons curious about the Rosetta Stone and particularly those needing its inscriptions.


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