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Great Egyptologist's fascinating account of the discovery of the linguistic keystone that enabled scholars to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Work of Young, Champollion, other scholars; implications for biblical scholarship, history of ancient Near East, much more. Clear, concise, accessible to layman. 23 photographs. Bibliography.

Copyright 2002 by Fairfield Language Technologies.

Copyright 2002 by Fairfield Language Technologies.

Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series (Part I and Part II) The Rosetta Stone is one of the world's great wonders, attracting awed pilgrims by the tens of thousands each year. This book tells the Stone's story, from its discovery by Napoleon's expedition to Egypt to its current--and controversial-- status as the single most visited object on display in the British Museum. A pharaoh's forgotten decree, cut in granite in three scripts--Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic, and ancient Greek--the Rosetta Stone promised to unlock the door to the language of ancient Egypt and its 3,000 years of civilization, if only it could be deciphered. Capturing the drama of the race to decode this key to the ancient past, John Ray traces the paths pursued by the British polymath Thomas Young and Jean-Francois Champollion, the "father of Egyptology" ultimately credited with deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. He shows how Champollion "broke the code" and explains more generally how such deciphering is done, as well as its critical role in the history of Egyptology. Concluding with a chapter on the political and cultural controversy surrounding the Stone, the book also includes an appendix with a full translation of the Stone's text. Rich in anecdote and curious lore, The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt is a brilliant and frequently amusing guide to one of history's great mysteries and marvels.

Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series(Part I and Part II)The Rosetta Stone is one of the world's great wonders, attracting awed pilgrims by the tens of thousands each year. This book tells the Stone's story, from its discovery by Napoleon's expedition to Egypt to its current--and controversial-- status as the single most visited object on display in the British Museum.A pharaoh's forgotten decree, cut in granite in three scripts--Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic, and ancient Greek--the Rosetta Stone promised to unlock the door to the language of ancient Egypt and its 3,000 years of civilization, if only it could be deciphered. Capturing the drama of the race to decode this key to the ancient past, John Ray traces the paths pursued by the British polymath Thomas Young and Jean-Francois Champollion, the "father of Egyptology" ultimately credited with deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. He shows how Champollion "broke the code" and explains more generally how such deciphering is done, as well as its critical role in the history of Egyptology. Concluding with a chapter on the political and cultural controversy surrounding the Stone, the book also includes an appendix with a full translation of the Stone's text.Rich in anecdote and curious lore, The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt is a brilliant and frequently amusing guide to one of history's great mysteries and marvels.

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The gripping tale of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, the artifact that opened up ancient Egypt and triggered a struggle for cultural supremacy. One fateful day in 1799, a unit of French army engineers made a discovery that opened the floodgates of history, rousing the gods of the Nile after two thousand years. In a crumbling castle on the banks of the Nile, the engineers found an unusual chunk of dark, chiseled debris. It was the Rosetta Stone, and it would change civilization forever. Discovery of Rosetta is the first book to tell the story of the Rosetta Stone—how it fell into British hands, the battle over who would be the first to successfully decipher it, and how it came to sit where it is today, in the British Museum. The Rosetta Stone is much more than a rock—it is the key to an ancient civilization and a modern symbol of human discovery, conquest, and scholarship.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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"This book is a refreshing introduction to the key principles of partnership taxation. It never loses sight of the 'forest' of structure of the rules by focusing unduly on the 'trees' of detailed exceptions. I look forward to using it in my law school partnership tax class to give my students a base upon which to build. Heartily recommended for those seeking a broad conceptual grounding in the key issues. - Charles R. Beaudrot, Jr., Esq. Partner, Morris Manning & Martin LLP, former and first Georgia Tax Tribunal Chief Judge, and Adjunct Professor, Emory University School of Law "I own an LLC, but am neither an accountant nor a tax specialist. I was delighted and amazed to find that I could understand everything in this book! Highly recommended for those who have questions about partnerships." - J. Steve Miller, Vice President, Wisdom Creek Press, LLC The ancient Chinese discipline of Tao explains the harmonious relationship of the one to the whole. In many ways, business partnerships do the same. But in business, as also in life, the natural proclivity for individuality clouds the collective. This book takes the often complicated individual aspects of partnership taxation and pools them together, so that what was intended by the authors of Subchapter K of the Internal Revenue Code becomes more evident - that of the mutually beneficial aggregation of a whole's components to serve one overarching purpose. With the proliferation of the limited liability company in the U.S., the taxation of which is generally governed by Subchapter K, more and more business owners and their advisers are faced with understanding the whys and hows of partnership taxation. This book is designed to give one a look at the whole puzzle, outlining the pieces (from the Internal Revenue Code, IRS regulations, state partnership law, etc.), so that one can focus on the forest rather than the trees.

Rosetta and Fawn are complete opposites. Rosetta loves fancy dresses and flowers. Fawn would rather go on adventures with her animal friends. Then the queen throws a fancy dinner, and Fawn decides she doesn’t want to go. So Rosetta makes a deal with her. If Fawn dresses up for the dinner and minds her manners, Rosetta will spend a day doing whatever Fawn wants. Rosetta thinks it’s the perfect plan. But she never imagined just what Fawn would want to do! Can their friendship survive a day of frogs, mud, and . . . worms?

The first new album in nearly two decades from one of the most iconic British goth bands, Rosetta Stone! Founding member Porl King wrote and produced the entire album, with mixing duties by Jrgen Engler of Die Krupps! Features the band's trademark melodic guitar lines and heavy atmsopheric vibe! Available on both CD and vinyl!

The world’s greatest archaeological finds and what they tell us about lost civilizations Renowned archaeologist Patrick Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life in this concise and captivating book. The Rosetta Stone, Troy, Nineveh's Assyrian Library, King Tut’s Tomb, Machu Picchu, Pompeii, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Thera, Olduvai Gorge, and the Tomb of 10,000 Warriors—Hunt reveals the fascinating stories of these amazing discoveries and explains the ways in which they added to our knowledge of human history and permanently altered our worldview. Part travel guide to the wonders of the world and part primer on ancient world history, Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History captures the awe and excitement of finding a lost window into ancient civilization.

"We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics."—Andrew Tracey, African Music "John Miller Chernoff, who spent 10 years studying African drumming, has a flair for descriptive writing, and his first-person narratives should be easily understood by any reader, while ringing unmistakably true for the reader who has also been to West Africa."—Roderick Knight, Washington Post Book World "Ethnomusicologists must be proud that their discipline has produced a book that will, beyond doubt, rank as a classic of African studies."—Peter Fryer, Research in Literatures "A marvelous book. . . . Not many scholars will ever be able to achieve the kind of synthesis of 'doing' and 'writing about' their subject matter that Chernoff has achieved, but he has given us an excellent illustration of what is possible."—Chet Creider, Culture "Chernoff develops a brilliant and penetrating musicological essay that is, at the same time, an intensely personal and even touching account of musical and cultural discovery that anyone with an interest in Africa can and should read. . . . No other writing comes close to approaching Chernoff's ability to convey a feeling of how African music 'works'"—James Koetting, Africana Journal "Four stars. One of the few books I know of that talks of the political, social, and spiritual meanings of music. I was moved. It was so nice I read it twice."—David Byrne of "Talking Heads" The companion cassette tape has 44 examples of the music discussed in the book. It consists of field recordings illustrating cross-rhythms, multiple meters, call and response forms, etc.

Our symptoms are messages we were meant to decode. But are we listening? SAF® translates our symptom patterns from twenty-three systems, making this the Rosetta Stone for humans—an ancient-future speak that has already been encoded in our DNA. We can learn this coded language to improve our lives. Combinations of numbers create a complex image—a snapshot in time for us to examine. Life can be a puzzle at times. If you have any problem in your life, this means it is in your system. Doesn’t it make sense that the solution will be found inside your system too? The trick has always been how you find your answers? Given the choice, each of us has a problem or two we could do without. Although we make choices every day, somehow the same old problems return time and again. Throughout this book, you’ll learn how the mind works and how unresolved traumas from the past can still influence you and your behavior patterns in the present time. SAF® presents an opportunity for you to see your situation in a new light, and then something magical happens; a spark of understanding occurs. In this ah-ha! moment, stuck energy is released, and you will feel it! Thousands have studied this method of self-awareness through practitioners’ offices. It is now available to the general public in an easy-to-understand format. Just follow the instructions. When you learn to read your SAF® chain sequence, the pieces of the puzzle, those confusing emotions, lack of energy, or faded memories of a traumatic event will begin to fall into place. Let SAF® be the first step on the road to discovery. It will be a fascinating journey because it is a discovery about you!

Dreams and Destinies, the Rosetta Stone of Marguerite Yourcenar's canon, is an intimate journal of her dreams. In Dreams and Destinies Yourcenar has provided us with the most daring, yet least conventional form of autobiography, a form that allows the reader to view her life refracted through the poetic sensibility of her own sleeping mind. In recording her dream life, Yourcenar wanders through a picture gallery of the soul, pausing before ruined cathedrals filled with candles, dark ravines that hold dead bodies, and still reflecting pools located deep inside soaring gothic churches. Her dreams are populated by men, women, and children as well as animals and mythical creatures. Available for the first time in English in the way that she intended upon her death, Dreams and Destinies is a reminder from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century that the dreams we create are with us forever.

Mummies, pyramids, hieroglyphics, Rosetta Stone, Tutankhamen, early civilization, Cleopatra, the Nile in a word Egypt. It is a country whose history and artifacts have fascinated us since we were little children, and this books bring is all together in one big, beautiful volume chock full of facts, and with hundreds of full color images, photographs, timelines and 3D dioramas. We guarantee you will be fascinated once again and every time you open this book. - 223 pages jacketed hardcover measuring 8.5 x 11 - Filled with full color photos s illustrations, timelines, dioramas - Includes: Exploration & Discovery, History & organization of the state, Society & daily life, Mythology & religion, Art & culture - A wonderful edition to you family reference library and the perfect gift for the budding Egyptologist in your family. Mummies, pyramids, hieroglyphics, Rosetta Stone, Tutankhamen, early civilization, Cleopatra, the Nile in a word Egypt. It is a country whose history and artifacts have fascinated us since we were little children, and this books bring is all together in one big, beautiful volume chock full of facts, and with hundreds of full color images, photographs, timelines and 3D dioramas. We guarantee you will be fascinated once again and every time you open this book. Filled with full color photos illustrations, timelines, and dioramas. Includes: Exploration & Discovery, History & organization of the state, Society & daily life, Mythology & religion, Art & culture. A wonderful edition to you family reference library and the perfect gift for the budding Egyptologist in your family.

Bostonians, like Texans, Georgians, and the British, have their own version of the English language: this is its Rosetta Stone. Natives can brush up on their dialect, and travelers or newcomers to the "Hub of the Universe" can learn how to communicate with the indigenous folk.The Boston Dictionary is now widely considered a classic book of Bostonian Humor, a best-seller wherever books or gifts are sold in Boston.