The Rosetta Stone (eBook, ePUB) - Budge, E. A. Wallis , Sir
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The Rosetta Stone by E. A. Wallis Sir Budge is an interesting and educational book. This volume tells the story of the Rosetta Stone, starting from its discovery during a French military excavation to its preservation in the British Museum as one of the great cornerstones of linguistic studies. The book contains a full and detailed explanation of the meticulous scholarship and inspired impulse that allowed a handful of scholars to decrypt the age-old code. With over 20 photographs, The Rosetta Stone is immensely academic but unstuffy; packed with linguistic details but clear and attainable to…mehr

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The Rosetta Stone by E. A. Wallis Sir Budge is an interesting and educational book. This volume tells the story of the Rosetta Stone, starting from its discovery during a French military excavation to its preservation in the British Museum as one of the great cornerstones of linguistic studies. The book contains a full and detailed explanation of the meticulous scholarship and inspired impulse that allowed a handful of scholars to decrypt the age-old code. With over 20 photographs, The Rosetta Stone is immensely academic but unstuffy; packed with linguistic details but clear and attainable to the layman; in short, it will fascinate any student of Egyptology, languages, or the history of the ancient Near East. Egyptologists' ground-breaking contributions and the work of linguists over the years eventually led to a true knowledge of the once enigmatic symbols. The book covers the history and meaning of the Rosetta Stone from an academic and also analytical point of view.
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Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, often cited as E. A. Wallis Budge, was a renowned English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who made significant contributions to the study of ancient Egypt. Born on July 27, 1857, and passing away on November 23, 1934, Budge was a prolific author whose scholarly work included translations, dictionaries, and a vast corpus of writings on Egyptology, Assyriology, and the history of the Middle East. Among his most notable works is 'The Rosetta Stone,' which provides an informative exploration of the crucial artifact that helped decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs, ultimately unlocking the long-lost language of ancient Egypt. Budge's literary style was characterized by a meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to making the knowledge of ancient civilizations accessible to a broader audience. Despite some of his translations and theories being later critiqued and superseded by modern scholarship, Budge's texts continue to serve as valuable resources for historical study and remain popular among enthusiasts of Egyptology. He served for much of his career at the British Museum, where he was responsible for numerous acquisitions of key artifacts, and his influence is still recognized in the fields of archaeology and philology today. His contributions have fostered a deeper understanding and appreciation of near eastern antiquities across the scholarly community and the world at large.