The Farewell Of The Rosetta Stone Summary

Final Analysis of a Nonfiction Text The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone was created by James Cross Giblin. This paper is about the finding of this precious stone and the attempt to decipher the Stone. Many scholars struggled to decipher the Rosetta Stone. As James Cross Giblin introduces readers to various scholars and their attempt to decipher the Stone, he highlights their confusions, failures, and ultimate success. The story begins when the Greeks asked everyone in Egypt what the hieroglyphs all all about in Egypt meant. Nobody knew. The Greek writer Horapollo figured out the meaning for a few of hieroglyphs, but had wild theories. James said, " He wrote that the image of a rabbit meant 'open' because a rabbit's eyes never close - an equally false statement." A man named Kircher was 'even farther of the mark than Horapollo' said James. Finally, in 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found by french soldiers. It was covered in Greek, Demotic Egyptian, and Egyptian. …show more content…
A French expert named Sacy tried and failed to decipher any of the hieroglyphs he said, ' The problem is too complicated, scientifically insolvable.' Then Akerblad came along and discovered a few hieroglyphs like, "him," "temple," " and " love." Finally, a scholar named Young did most of the work translating the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone. Unlike the previous theories of the scholars before him, he believed that the demotic script wasn't completely separate from he the hieroglyphs. Young was very successful and made a good path for Champollion and his deciphering of the hieroglyphs on the