subject
Arts, 17.11.2020 22:00 shaydog6353

Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin. The middle hieroglyph was unknown to him, but he guessed that the two at the left symbolized the sun. From his studies of Coptic, Champollion knew that the Egyptian word for "sun" was pronounced rah. He wrote down the first two letters of that sound, RA. Next he put a question mark for the unknown middle hieroglyph. Then, at the end, he wrote SS, the sound of the last two hieroglyphs. He studied the combination: RA ? SS. Suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient Greek chronicles and also in the Biblical Book of Exodus: Rameses, or Ramesses. Could this be a hieroglyphic representation of Ramesses' name? The details in the excerpt point to which big-picture idea?

ansver
Answers: 2

Other questions on the subject: Arts

image
Arts, 23.06.2019 07:30, briweaver9993
Which greek order has an entable with a three panel architrave and a decorated freize?
Answers: 2
image
Arts, 23.06.2019 07:30, clairajogriggsk
Jim is an aspiring graphic designer looking for a purely technical graphic design position. which degree will him achieve his goal?
Answers: 1
image
Arts, 24.06.2019 07:30, nimahmustafa
Escribe un adjetivo a cada sustantivomelodiosas - claro - mole. stos - oscura - espaciosos - bulliciosas - tranquilo - acogedora - día - noche - músicas - ruidos - casa - pueblo - pisos - ciudades
Answers: 3
image
Arts, 24.06.2019 08:30, MZ2017
Need some ! asap i need to figure out 3 major changes in bridges over time and why these changes to adapt to both improvements in technology and changing social links would also alot.
Answers: 3
You know the right answer?
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin. The middle hieroglyph w...

Questions in other subjects:

Konu
Mathematics, 08.01.2021 17:20