{"id":26011,"date":"2023-10-03T21:33:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T21:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26011"},"modified":"2023-10-03T21:33:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T21:33:13","slug":"rosetta-stone-inside-ancient-egyptian-temple-may-hold-language-of-the-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/world-news\/rosetta-stone-inside-ancient-egyptian-temple-may-hold-language-of-the-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosetta Stone inside ancient Egyptian temple may hold language of the gods"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    An eerie stone found in an ancient Egyptian temple is said to hold within it the "language of the gods", and could be transcribed.<\/p>\n

    One of the most famous objects housed in the British Museum, the legacy of the stone dates back to the era of King Ptolemy V, who reigned from 204 – 181 BC. His decree, slapped onto the slab and copied over the course of his time in power, featured in ancient temples across Egypt.<\/p>\n

    Unfortunately broken and still not completed, the Rosetta Stone so far has 14 transcribed lines of hieroglyphic script, which means the rest of the "language of the Gods" is missing,<\/p>\n

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    Cracking the code back in 1822, both Thomas Young and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Champollion were paramount to translating the hieroglyphs. Technically, it means Young and Champollion were the first to men to understand the "language of the Gods".<\/p>\n

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    Three sections were found in the ancient ruins, with three inscriptions currently available. The fearsome "language of the Gods", a type of speech and writing reserved for formal texts, was found on the top section.<\/p>\n

    The remaining two featured "language of teh documents", everyday purpose script which was used by those who could read and write at the time. A final third is written in ancient Greek, the language of the final dynasty to control Egypt, RFI reported. <\/p>\n

    It was thanks to Champollion the hieroglyphs were successfully translated, revealing a series of claims linking King Ptolemy V to God. An inscription reads: "Son of the Sun Ptolemy, the ever-living, the beloved of Ptah, the god who maketh himself manifest."<\/p>\n

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    But it was no smooth trip to uncovering and transcribing the Rosetta Stone. An ever-increasingly obsessed Champollion once claimed "I am Egypt's entirely, she is my everything". <\/p>\n

    Writing it beside the Nile was a tad strange but after spending so long there transcribing the words of ancient kings who were linked with the Gods, it was understandable if he went a bit nutty. Still, there is plenty more to explore in the tombs of the emperors.<\/p>\n

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