Zulaikha Amryn Shamshee--The Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 by French soldiers. This was during Napoleons campaign. The Rosetta stone was discovered near the town of Rosetta ( now called Rashid ) in Egypt. Later, the the french named the stone after the place it was found near. After Napoleans downfall, the Rosetta stone was taken by British forces as part of a peace treaty when the British defeated the French while at Egypt, in 1801. After deciphering it, the Rosetta stone was placed in the British Museum, now open to the public.

The mentioned 3 scripts to be deciphered were Hieroglyphics, Demotic and Ancient Greek. There were also 2 main people credited for deciphering the mystery. The first was Thomas Young. Thomas Young was first to suggest hieroglyphics represented sounds and not only pictures. The second was Jean-Francoise Champollion. In my opinion he should be most credited because, to decipher the stone, he mastered Ancient Greek and Coptic (desendant of demotic ). He fully cracked the hieroglyphic code by matching Greek names to hieroglyphics. The over all time it took for it to be deciphered completely took decades.

After the contents of the stone were uncovered, the impact was great. This shift enabled the translations of count less Egyptian texts, such as tombs, temples and papyri. It also revealed details about many different things. It although, did not uncover anything about new mythology but, because of the deciphered hieroglyphics, sholars understood Egyptian mythology better. Other thigs revealed by it was Religeon, Governance and laws and daily life as an Egyptian.

To this day, the Rosetta stone is still one of the most famous artifacts in the world. Its a symbol of linguistic breakthroughs. This artifact still sparks debate about cultural heritage. the conclusion of this article is that without the rosetta stone the secrets and mysteries of Egypt would remain buried in the sand. It would have never lead to our now understanding of Egyptian culture. If the French had not found the Rosetta stone, we would be completely clueless to the actual secrets and that is pretty scary.

My name is Zulaikha Amryn Shamsheer. I was born on the 4th of july and am currently turning 11 this year. I live in Male' , the capital of the Maldives. My mother is Salfiyya Anwar. She is an architect. My fathers name is Shamsheer Rilwan. He is a boat builder I think but I am not too sure because he does many things such as office work. I also have an older sister. Her name is Nouran. We both go to the same school but in different grades. She is in the 7th grade and I am in the 5th. My school life is pretty good because I have many friends and I do well in school.

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