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196 BC: 196 BC Deaths, 196 BC in Law, Rosetta Stone, Han Xin, Scopas of Aetolia, Marcus Cornelius Cethegus, Brachyllas, Dicaearchus of Aetolia

196 BC: 196 BC Deaths, 196 BC in Law, Rosetta Stone, Han Xin, Scopas of Aetolia, Marcus Cornelius Cethegus, Brachyllas, Dicaearchus of Aetolia


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Chapters: 196 Bc Deaths, 196 Bc in Law, Rosetta Stone, Han Xin, Scopas of Aetolia, Marcus Cornelius Cethegus, Brachyllas, Dicaearchus of Aetolia, Han Xin of Han, Treaty of Tempe. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Rosetta Stone is an Ancient Egyptian artifact which was instrumental in advancing modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. The stone is a Ptolemaic era stele with carved text made up of three translations of a single passage: two in Egyptian language scripts (hieroglyphic and Demotic) and one in the classical Greek of the country's Greek rulers. It was created in 196 BC, discovered by the French in 1799 at Rosetta, and transported to England in 1802. Once in Europe, it contributed greatly to the deciphering of the principles of hieroglyphic writing, through the work of the British scientist Thomas Young and the French scholar Jean-Francois Champollion. Comparative translation of the stone assisted in understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing. The text on the stone is a decree from Ptolemy V, describing the repeal of various taxes and instructions to erect statues in temples. Two Egyptian-Greek multilingual steles predated Ptolemy V's Rosetta Stone: Ptolemy III's Decree of Canopus, 239 BC, and Ptolemy IV's Decree of Memphis, ca 218 BC. The Rosetta Stone is 114.4 centimetres (45.0 in) high at its highest point, 72.3 centimetres (28.5 in) wide, and 27.9 centimetres (11.0 in) thick. It is unfinished on its sides and reverse. Weighing approximately 760 kilograms (1,700 lb), it was originally thought to be granite or basalt but is currently described as granodiorite of a dark grey-pinkish colour. The stone has been on public display at The British Museum since 1802. In preparation for Napole...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2642


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157748502
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 44
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 77 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157748503
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: 196 BC Deaths, 196 BC in Law, Rosetta Stone, Han Xin, Scopas of Aetolia, Marcus Cornelius Cethegus, Brachyllas, Dicaearchus of Aetolia
  • Width: 229 mm


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