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.
You posted the review of this new book last month-
ReplyDeleteSunday, July 22, 2007
Book review: The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt
A good review, too- makes me want to read the book!
-kat newkirk
Hi Kat
ReplyDeleteI went through last month in something of a blurr! The mind got a trifle overloaded :-) Thanks for the pointer.
Andie
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Hello,
ReplyDeleteJust read the extract, why I wonder on page 7 does it state that there are 3 languages on the Rosetta stone when we all know that there are 2 languages but 3 scripts.
I do not think I will bother with this book.
Greg