Egypt
- Open Access Oxyrhynchus
Ancient World Online See the above address for the links. Archive.org now has the first fourteen volumes of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri online in toto and in a variety of formats, for viewing and for download; Volumes 1-5 are digitized by Google Books from...
- Minerva Magazine - Online Book Reviews
Minerva Magazine Book Reviews Minerva's website has had an overhaul, with a new look and feel, and more online content than there was before. The July/August edition has a review by Peter Clayton which looks at the following publications: - The Rosetta...
- Book Review: The Rosetta Stone And The Rebirth Of Ancient Egypt
Washington Post The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt by John Ray (Harvard) - reviewed by Jonathon Keats. This is actually less of a review than a short summary of the book's main focal points. It provides very little in the way of opinion...
- Book Review: John Ray - The Rosetta Stone And The Rebirth Of Ancient Egypt
http://resolutereader.blogspot.com/2007/05/john-ray-rosetta-stone-and-rebirth-of.html "John Ray takes us through how they worked out the meaning of the words – first translating the ancient Greek, then gradually associating the different Hieroglyphics...
- Review: The Last Man Who Knew Everything - Thomas Young
http://tinyurl.com/2tuv75 (calendarlive.com)"Resistant to artificial barriers and educated in various countries, Young became one of the first truly international scientists, corresponding with experts from all over the world. . . . The best part of the...
Egypt
New book: The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Egypt
Harvard University Press
An excerpt from John Ray's new book The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Egypt is available online at the above address, in PDF format. A description of the book can also be found on the HUP website at the following adddress, although it gives no indication of how this book differs from others that cover the discovery of the stone and the subsequent efforts to decipher it:
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/RAYROS.html
John Ray is Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology at Cambridge University, and is also a Fellow of Selwyn College.
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/RAYROS.html
John Ray is Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology at Cambridge University, and is also a Fellow of Selwyn College.
- Open Access Oxyrhynchus
Ancient World Online See the above address for the links. Archive.org now has the first fourteen volumes of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri online in toto and in a variety of formats, for viewing and for download; Volumes 1-5 are digitized by Google Books from...
- Minerva Magazine - Online Book Reviews
Minerva Magazine Book Reviews Minerva's website has had an overhaul, with a new look and feel, and more online content than there was before. The July/August edition has a review by Peter Clayton which looks at the following publications: - The Rosetta...
- Book Review: The Rosetta Stone And The Rebirth Of Ancient Egypt
Washington Post The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt by John Ray (Harvard) - reviewed by Jonathon Keats. This is actually less of a review than a short summary of the book's main focal points. It provides very little in the way of opinion...
- Book Review: John Ray - The Rosetta Stone And The Rebirth Of Ancient Egypt
http://resolutereader.blogspot.com/2007/05/john-ray-rosetta-stone-and-rebirth-of.html "John Ray takes us through how they worked out the meaning of the words – first translating the ancient Greek, then gradually associating the different Hieroglyphics...
- Review: The Last Man Who Knew Everything - Thomas Young
http://tinyurl.com/2tuv75 (calendarlive.com)"Resistant to artificial barriers and educated in various countries, Young became one of the first truly international scientists, corresponding with experts from all over the world. . . . The best part of the...