Egypt
- Online: The Art Of Medicine By Andrew Robinson
andrewrobinson.org Two page article from The Lancet. The art of medicine. Jean-François Champollion and ancient Egyptian embalming By Andrew Robinson 200 years ago this year, the future founder of Egyptology, French linguist and archaeologist...
- Book Review: Cracking The Egyptian Code
The Independent, UK (Review by Brian MOrton) Cracking The Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life Of Jean-François Champollion, By Andrew Robinson More of a summary of Champollion than a review of of the book. This is the first full biography of...
- Rosetta Stone Unlocks Egyptian History
Wired.com (Jason B. Jones) 1822: Jean-François Champollion shows a draft translation of the mysterious Rosetta stone and demonstrates to the world how to read the voluminous hieroglyphics left behind by the scribes of ancient Egypt. The story of the...
- 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...
- International Congress Of Egyptologists
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/706/eg9.htm "Grenoble, in France, the home of renowned Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion, is currently being prepped to host some 1,500 Egyptologists from around the world" The global forum for Egyptologists, featuring...
Egypt
Figeac
http://tinyurl.com/de6g2 (The Telegraph)
This is actually a travel article about the south of France, but it does contain a quick couple of paragraphs about hieroglyph decipherer Champollion's home town Figeac, where his former home is now a museum: "You'll not be long in Figeac before learning that it has a Very Celebrated Man (VCM) on its books . . . . VCM one is Jean-François Champollion who, with the help of the Rosetta stone, cracked Egyptian hieroglyphics in 1822. Thus, as pop biographies say, he founded Egyptology. Old Jean-François is a national hero, as a similar figure perhaps wouldn't be in Britain, and Figeac treats him with reverence. He has his bar and square, of course, but also, just off the square, a vast, black granite reproduction of the Rosetta stone forming the floor of a courtyard . . . . Champollion's old family home is in an alley leading to the courtyard and was, until last year, a museum dedicated to the chap. It will be again from 2007, when it re opens on a much grander scale."
This is actually a travel article about the south of France, but it does contain a quick couple of paragraphs about hieroglyph decipherer Champollion's home town Figeac, where his former home is now a museum: "You'll not be long in Figeac before learning that it has a Very Celebrated Man (VCM) on its books . . . . VCM one is Jean-François Champollion who, with the help of the Rosetta stone, cracked Egyptian hieroglyphics in 1822. Thus, as pop biographies say, he founded Egyptology. Old Jean-François is a national hero, as a similar figure perhaps wouldn't be in Britain, and Figeac treats him with reverence. He has his bar and square, of course, but also, just off the square, a vast, black granite reproduction of the Rosetta stone forming the floor of a courtyard . . . . Champollion's old family home is in an alley leading to the courtyard and was, until last year, a museum dedicated to the chap. It will be again from 2007, when it re opens on a much grander scale."
- Online: The Art Of Medicine By Andrew Robinson
andrewrobinson.org Two page article from The Lancet. The art of medicine. Jean-François Champollion and ancient Egyptian embalming By Andrew Robinson 200 years ago this year, the future founder of Egyptology, French linguist and archaeologist...
- Book Review: Cracking The Egyptian Code
The Independent, UK (Review by Brian MOrton) Cracking The Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life Of Jean-François Champollion, By Andrew Robinson More of a summary of Champollion than a review of of the book. This is the first full biography of...
- Rosetta Stone Unlocks Egyptian History
Wired.com (Jason B. Jones) 1822: Jean-François Champollion shows a draft translation of the mysterious Rosetta stone and demonstrates to the world how to read the voluminous hieroglyphics left behind by the scribes of ancient Egypt. The story of the...
- 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...
- International Congress Of Egyptologists
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/706/eg9.htm "Grenoble, in France, the home of renowned Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion, is currently being prepped to host some 1,500 Egyptologists from around the world" The global forum for Egyptologists, featuring...