last exit for the lost

"would you pay life's pleasures to see me, does it hurt for i want you to remain, i run your hair through in another decade, summerland holds me in sumerian haze"

- last exit for the lost by fields of the nephilim

9.10.04

Arabic Alchemist Cracks Rosetta Stone Code Nearly a Millenium Before West

Carved in 196 B.C.E., The Rosetta Stone was created by Egyptian priests to honour the Pharao. Three scripts were used in the carving: Hieroglyphs, used by the priesthood for religious purposes; Demotic, the common Egyptian language of the Late Dynastic Period; and Greek, the language of Egypt's rulers at the time. It was written in three languages so that all countrymen may understand the text. The authors of the work were probably unaware that in the coming centuries the entire Egyptian priesthood would be effectively decimated by hoards of Christian and Muslim invaders. And with the elimination of the priests, the knowledge of the Hieroglyphic language died with them. The ancient language of the Egyptians would remain a mystery to Europeans until a startling discovery by Napoleon's soldiers in 1799 in the village of Rosetta (Rashid [rightly guided]) Egypt. However, it was not until 1822 that Jean-François Champollion, having knowledge of both Greek and Demotic, would decipher the Hieroglyphic text and thus open the possibility of translating thousands of years of Egyptian literature...at least for Europeans. Recently, London researcher Dr. Okasha El Daly has confirmed his suspicions that Arab scholars had successfully deciphered the Hieroglyphs many centuries before Champollion. After years of searching for conclusive evidence, it was finally discovered within the writings of ninth century Arabian alchemist, Abu Bakr Ahmad Ibn Wahshiya. Read Robin McKie's article here.
|| Reggie Freeman, 10/09/2004 10:44:00 PM

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