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It is inscribed with fragments of 14 lines of hieroglyphics , 32 lines of demotic , and 54 lines of Greek . A portion of the stone has been broken off from the top , and the right - hand bottom corner has also suffered injury .
It is inscribed with fragments of 14 lines of hieroglyphics , 32 lines of demotic , and 54 lines of Greek . A portion of the stone has been broken off from the top , and the right - hand bottom corner has also suffered injury .
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The Stele of Canopus has 74 lines of Greek to 54 on the Rosetta Stone , but as the letters are longer and wider , it is clear from this also that the Greek versions occupied about the same space . Allowing then for the difference in the ...
The Stele of Canopus has 74 lines of Greek to 54 on the Rosetta Stone , but as the letters are longer and wider , it is clear from this also that the Greek versions occupied about the same space . Allowing then for the difference in the ...
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The Greek portion of the inscriptions appears to be the original document , and the hieroglyphic and deinotic versions merely translations of it . Although it is nearly certain that , without the aid of the Greek inscription found on ...
The Greek portion of the inscriptions appears to be the original document , and the hieroglyphic and deinotic versions merely translations of it . Although it is nearly certain that , without the aid of the Greek inscription found on ...
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Contents
The Egyptian Race and Language | 1 |
Egyptian Chronology | 10 |
The History of Egypt Dynasties I XXX | 18 |
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The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Limited preview - 1964 |
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