Life in ancient Egypt was a secret for many years, and this mystery’s solution led to various discoveries, such as the stone of Rashid, which started the British Museum and will last until next year.
The British Museum offers a peek at this hidden world, starting with the discovery of the Rashid stone, the key to the hieroglyphs, which allowed us to read this ancient text, and how this penetration expanded our understanding of the history of mankind about 3000 years.
This fantastic display transports visitors through a full timeline of experiences and labor-intensive work that before it, as well as the discoveries that followed, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the decoding of Egyptian hieroglyphic lettering.
In this exhibition, hieroglyphic inscriptions and old manual writing reveal various stories in addition to revealing firm faith strongly in The Pharaohs and the Promise of the Hereafter and how the ancient Egyptians enjoyed good food and writing. The British Museum reviews the idea that hieroglyphic writing was not just beautiful symbols but rather represented a vivid, spoken language with romantic poetry and international treaties, to shopping lists and tax declarations.
From the earliest attempts made by Arab travellers in the Middle Ages and Renaissance scientists to the most focused progress made by French researcher Jean-Francois Champollion (1790-1832) and English researcher Thomas Young (1773-1829) prior to the discovery of the Rashid stone, the exhibition provides a complete Peoplesia for the race to decipher the Rashid stone.
The key to deciphering the old sign symbols was given in 1799 in a decree written in democratic, hieroglyphic, and the well-known ancient Greek language. The results of the disclosure in 1822 demonstrated how wonderful they were.
This adventurous exhibition lets visitors unlock the doors of one of the oldest secrets in the world—ancient Egyptian civilization—using the inscriptions on the same objects that Champollion and other experts investigated.
exhibition about the finding of a Rashid stone at the British Museum
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