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Up Close with the Rosetta Stone
© Gany9
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Uploaded: 03/05/09 4:55 PM GMT
Up Close with the Rosetta Stone
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Detail of the Rosetta Stone (the inscription that allowed the decipherment of ancient Egyptian). The upper 3 rows are in traditional Egyptian hieroglyphs while the lower section is in demotic (a kind of short-hand hieroglyphs).
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::sharonva
03/05/09 10:10 PM GMT
Thanks! I've always wanted a desktop sized picture of this important archaelogical find.
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"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne,
Thassay so hard, so sharp the conquering..."
Chaucer
How did you get this to look black? The Rosetta Stone is a rosey brown I thought.
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The Rosetta stone is Aswan granite which is usually a pinky colour but the French, before they handed it over to the English, coated the thing in ink to make "copies" of it so they could use them for decipherment. The black colour is the colour of today's stone as the British Museum decided not to clean it as it captures a moment in history. I made the black a little stronger to avoid too much speckle in the shot.
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In this era of digital communication, it's interesting to reflect on a means of communication over 2000 years old.
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some pictures say a thousand words... others speak silently to the soul
Very unique share.
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography.
sandi ♪ ♫
Yes, it is unique and timeless. Wow.
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For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, His eternal power and Godhead;... Rom 1:20
Wow, what a piece of history! Great job capturing the details of the hieroglyphics!
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Many people will walk in and out of your life,but true friends will leave footprints in your heart. You'll ways be in my heart Carissa and Rouski