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THE ROSETTA STONE ! AND THE STELE OF CANOPUS . Rosetta Stone . The following remarks upon the decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphics may be fitly introduced by a description of the remarkable objects of antiquity whose names stand ...
THE ROSETTA STONE ! AND THE STELE OF CANOPUS . Rosetta Stone . The following remarks upon the decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphics may be fitly introduced by a description of the remarkable objects of antiquity whose names stand ...
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of Rosetta . document is of about the same length . 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 ...
of Rosetta . document is of about the same length . 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 ...
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The results of Dr. Young's studies of the Rosetta Stone were first communicated to the Royal Society of Antiquaries in a letter from Sir W. E. Rouse Boughton , Bart .; the letter was read on the 19th of May , 1814 , and was published ...
The results of Dr. Young's studies of the Rosetta Stone were first communicated to the Royal Society of Antiquaries in a letter from Sir W. E. Rouse Boughton , Bart .; the letter was read on the 19th of May , 1814 , and was published ...
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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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