Rosetta Stone Flashcards
When did interest in the Mediterranean first start?
From the 16th Century when English travellers and collectors travelled abroad.
Who are the Elgin Marbles named after?
Lord Byron
When did Giovanni Belzoni arrive in Egypt?
1815
What did he excavate and who was he working for?
Worked for the British to dig and remove antiquaries from Thebes.
What statue did he remove and where was it transported to?
Statue of Ramesses II (about 1,250 BCE) from Thebes which was sent to The British Museum which is still there today.
What did Belzoni sketch?
Abu Simbel (Nubia) 1,1816 (carved statues in the wall face) and also inside the pyramid.
Belzoni sketched something else significant - what was it?
Valley of the Kings floor plan - how to get in and out and what they looked like.
Who discovered the Rosetta Stone?
TBA
What are the 3 scripts (in order) on the Rosetta Stone?
From top to bottom
1) Hieroglyphic (then un-deciphered)
2) Demotic
3) Greek
Who deciphered the hieroglyphic script and when?
Jean-Francois Champollion in 1,822.
What does the Rosetta Stone say?
Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V), Issued in 196 BCE.
Written by a group of priests to honour the pharaoh. It lists all of the things that the pharaoh has done that are good for the priests and the people of Egypt.
What do the Egyptian hieroglyphics tell us?
About working life in Egypt and about the history of Egypt.
What is the process of mummification?
Internal organs (except heart) removed, Natron and Bandages.
Who researched the tomb of Tutankhamun?
Howard Carter - Five year research from 1917 - 1922.
