Young And Champollion : * "The Rosetta Stone", by E.A.W. Budge, [1893], Young and Champollion.Here naturally comes an account of the labours of Young and Champollion, two men who stand out pre-eminently as the true discoverers of the right method of decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics. As much has been written...
Title Page : * "The Rosetta Stone", by E.A.W. Budge, [1893], THE ROSETTA STONE From "The Mummy, Chapters On Egyptian Funeral Archaeology" BY E. A. WALLIS BUDGE Cambridge, University Press [1893] Scanned , December 2006. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United...
Translation Of The Rosetta Stone : * "The Rosetta Stone", by E.A.W. Budge, [1893], TRANSLATION OF THE ROSETTA STONE from "The Nile, Notes for Travellers in Egypt," by E. A. Wallis Budge, 9th Edition, London, Thos. Cook and Son, [1905], pp. 199-211. NOTE: Portions in the body of this text in bold font were surrounded by a cartouche...
Untitled : This is a collection of two articles by E.A. Wallis Budge on the famous Rosetta Stone, which was the key to the modern decipherment of the Ancient Egyptian writing system. The first article is an essay from Budge's 1893 anthology The Mummy, which discusses the stone, ancient and medieval writings...
The Rosetta Stone : * "The Rosetta Stone", by E.A.W. Budge, [1893], p. 108 THE ROSETTA STONE, inscribed with a decree of the priests of Memphis, offering divine honours on Ptolemy V., Epiphanes, King of Egypt, B.C. 193. THE ROSETTA STONE 1 AND THE STELE OF CANOPUS. The following remarks upon the decipherment...
Ancient Writings About Hieroglyphics : * "The Rosetta Stone", by E.A.W. Budge, [1893], Greek writers upon Egyptian hieroglyphics.To HECATAEUS of Miletus, 1 who visited Egypt between B.C. 513-501, we owe, through HERODOTUS, much knowledge of Egypt, and he must be considered the earliest Greek writer upon Egypt. HELLANITUS of Mytilene, B...
Post Antiquity Writings On Hieroglyphics : * "The Rosetta Stone", by E.A.W. Budge, [1893], Horapollo on hieroglyphics.The next writer of importance on hieroglyphics is HORAPOLLO, who towards the close of the IVth century of our era composed a work called ; this book was translated into Greek by one Philip, of whom nothing is known...
Opinions Of Egyptologists On Young And Champollion : * "The Rosetta Stone", by E.A.W. Budge, [1893], p. 148 OPINIONS OF EGYPTOLOGISTS ON THE LABOURS OF YOUNG AND CHAMPOLLION. "In favour of Young". "In favour of Champollion". The first idea of certain hieroglyphics being intended to represent sounds was suggested by Dr. Young, who, from the names...
How Champollion Deciphered The Egyptian Alphabet : * "The Rosetta Stone", by E.A.W. Budge, [1893], Champollion's alphabet.Briefly, the way in which Champollion recovered the greater part of the Egyptian alphabet is as follows. It will be remembered that, on account of breakages, the only name found on the Rosetta Stone is that of Ptolemy. Shortly...
