Egypt
Lost Kingdoms of the Nile
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A review of the exhibition of Nubian archaeology with photographs and an audio slideshow.
Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs. Travels to Toronto and Denver
Art Museum Journal
Short but informative summary of the traveling exhibition, with some lovely photos.
Treasures: The World's Cultures from the British Museum
Art Museum Journal
- Rashid - A City Rich In History
onislam (Emily Cocke) For most people interested in the history of Egypt, the name Rashid (or as the French named it: Rosetta) is linked to the Rosetta Stone. This stone, which was found in a wall in the fort of the city in 1799, provided the linguist...
- Repatriation: Hawass On The Rosetta Stone
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) I recently travelled to London to give a lecture at the British Museum on my archaeological discoveries, and to host a book-signing event for my book ‘A Secret Voyage’ that has finally been published in English. This book...
- Anniversary Of The Discovery Of The Rosetta Stone
Philosophy of Science blog (David Petersen) Thanks very much to David for letting me know that I had missed the anniversary of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone on 19th July :-) Never mind. Have a look at David's blog above for a summary of its discovery...
- Book Review: The Rosetta Stone And The Rebirth Of Ancient Egypt
Bryn Mawr Classical Review John Ray, The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt. Wonders of the World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. Reviewed by Marc Pierce, University of Texas The Rosetta Stone, a stele with an inscription...
- More Than One Rosetta Stone?
Egypt Daily Star News (Ahmed Maged) An Egyptology researcher has called for the display of another original version of the Rosetta Stone at the entrance of the Egyptian Antiquities Museum, dismissing the official request by Egypt to repatriate the stone...
Egypt
Exhibitions
Lost Kingdoms of the Nile
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A review of the exhibition of Nubian archaeology with photographs and an audio slideshow.
Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs. Travels to Toronto and Denver
Art Museum Journal
Short but informative summary of the traveling exhibition, with some lovely photos.
Treasures: The World's Cultures from the British Museum
Art Museum Journal
Treasures... begins in mankind's remotest past with Early Stone Age handaxes (1.6-1.4 Million B.C.) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Discovered by Kenyan archaeologist Louis Leakey (1903-1972), the creation of these lava block implements with a stone hammer distinguished humanity from the rest of the Animal Kingdom.
Egyptian civilization is introduced by a scale replica of the Rosetta Stone (196 B.C.), excavated in 1799 by Napoleon's troops. The granodiorite monument's combination of hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek scripts aided in the 1822 decipherment of ancient Egypt's language by French philologist Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832).
Artifacts describe Egyptian history, culture and funerary practices.
- Rashid - A City Rich In History
onislam (Emily Cocke) For most people interested in the history of Egypt, the name Rashid (or as the French named it: Rosetta) is linked to the Rosetta Stone. This stone, which was found in a wall in the fort of the city in 1799, provided the linguist...
- Repatriation: Hawass On The Rosetta Stone
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) I recently travelled to London to give a lecture at the British Museum on my archaeological discoveries, and to host a book-signing event for my book ‘A Secret Voyage’ that has finally been published in English. This book...
- Anniversary Of The Discovery Of The Rosetta Stone
Philosophy of Science blog (David Petersen) Thanks very much to David for letting me know that I had missed the anniversary of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone on 19th July :-) Never mind. Have a look at David's blog above for a summary of its discovery...
- Book Review: The Rosetta Stone And The Rebirth Of Ancient Egypt
Bryn Mawr Classical Review John Ray, The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt. Wonders of the World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. Reviewed by Marc Pierce, University of Texas The Rosetta Stone, a stele with an inscription...
- More Than One Rosetta Stone?
Egypt Daily Star News (Ahmed Maged) An Egyptology researcher has called for the display of another original version of the Rosetta Stone at the entrance of the Egyptian Antiquities Museum, dismissing the official request by Egypt to repatriate the stone...