The Rosetta Stone, and Much More
(2018, original release: 1999)
Nonfiction
eCourse
Details
PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 1999
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
2492801
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
The Rosetta Stone is a large granite stela, carved under Ptolemy V and unearthed by French troops in 1799. With inscriptions of the same text in Greek and Egyptian, it provided the key to deciphering the ancient Egyptian language. Learn the four scripts in which ancient Egyptian can be written, as well as the three ways hieroglyphic signs can be used
Film
In Process Record
Bob Brier
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 1999
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English