The Rosetta Stone, and Much More [digital video]

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Series:

Great courses (Streaming video)

Publication Date:

1999

2018

Publication Information:

The Great Courses, 1999.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

The Rosetta Stone is a large granite stela, carved under Ptolemy V and unearthed by French troops in 1799. With inscriptions of the same text in Greek and Egyptian, it provided the key to deciphering the ancient Egyptian language. Learn the four scripts in which ancient Egyptian can be written, as well as the three ways hieroglyphic signs can be used.

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Performers:

Bob Brier

Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject Term:

History, Ancient.

Genre:

African Studies