Solving the Riddle of the Rosetta Stone
Champollion continued to successfully translate the hieroglyphs, and after much work he could read the whole text. Deciphering the Rosetta Stone opened up an understanding of the ancient Egyptians. The language of ancient Egypt had been a riddle to scholars for many hundreds of years. The Rosetta Stone solved the riddle.
Resources:
Jean-François Champollion from New Advent website article: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03568b.h...
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/...
Ancient Egypt: http://www.crystalinks.com/rosetta.html
The Story of the Rosetta Stone, "Finding a Lost Language," a chapter from "Ancient Peoples: A Hypertext View," draft by Richard A. Strachan and Kathleen A. Roetzel (1997). http://www.mankato.msus.edu/emuseum/preh...
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