[blam]

GGG ping.

[Doctor Stochastic]

...along with the date 238 BC.

How prescient! (Perhaps a date that would be equivalent to 238 BC.)

[Pearls Before Swine]

Multiculturalism is good... for archaeologists looking at the relics of the fallen civilization.

[irish guard]

and right in the middle of the stone it says.....all your base are belong to us!!!

[katana]

People in 238 BC marking a stele with that date certainly shows remarkable foresight.

Joking aside and just out of curiosity, it would have been interesting for them to say exactly how these people calculated and wrote the date. But I guess that's beyond what the writer could manage.

[68skylark]

The Rosetta Stone, named after the site where it was discovered in 1977.

I think the author has some dates confused. The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799.

[Pete]

The Rosetta Stone, named after the site where it was discovered in 1977

Actually, 1799.

I think this article is a joke. Someone has been had.

[Natural Law]

This is an interesting find, but nowhere near as revolutionaly as the Rosetta Stone. The three languages, Greek, Demotic (Common Egyptian "hand writing"), and hieroglyphs are all well understood today. At the time of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone hieroglyphics were indecipherable.

[Eva]

Interesting article, but I think we all had the thoughts regarding the dates.

[Old Professer]

What's the difference between this and finding both a nickel and a quarter in the couch cushions?

[Spunky]

Bump for later read.

Another win for the Kennewick Man scientists.

The story, "Scientists win another battle over Kennewick Man," has been posted to our site at:

Kennewick Man(click here)

[Charles Martel]

So, the Germans are digging in Egypt again, huh? That always makes me suspicious. ;-)

[michigander]

To whom it may concern,
Ptolemy III, the great and merciful, hearby declares:
When this stone is found, many years from now, the world will be Doomed, DOOMED!!
Also, it will be the fault of one man, George W. Bush.

[VadeRetro]

It shows a royal decree, written in ancient Greek, Demotic and Hieroglyphs, that mentions King Ptolemy III Euergetes I along with the date 238 BC.

It's the SAME three languages as the Rosetta Stone, and only has traces of the hieroglyphic portion. Thus, I doubt if this is much of a breakthrough for the linguists. (There are still some outstanding questions on the interpretation of some hieroglyphs, but this won't answer them.)

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Sounds like another mission for SG-1.

[hopespringseternal]

Is this from the Onion? The writer apparently has a real problem with dates.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thanks for the interesting post. Perhaps you can answer a question I have (since seeing The Passion) that I have not been able to figure out. Jesus and his followers spoke Aramaic. Who spoke Hebrew in those days? Was Hebrew used only by the priests and Aramaic by the common people? I think the Torah was written in Hebrew, but I'm not altogether sure. In all of your reading, have you ever come across the answers to this question?

[curmudgeonII]

The Rosetta stone is not the only stone found with inscriptons in 3 different languages.

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[farmfriend]

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