Antonella y Nadia
6
Rosetta Stone It is an important rock. It was made in 196 BC, when Egypt had a new boy-king, Ptolemy V, whose family was originally Greek. On the stone was written an official announcement of gifts made by the king to the Egyptian temples.
-
Upload
instituto-cultural-argentino-britanico-la-plata -
Category
Education
-
view
152 -
download
3
description
ICT project 2014
Transcript of Antonella y Nadia
Rosetta Stone
It is an important rock.It was made in 196 BC, when
Egypt had a new boy-king, Ptolemy V, whose family was
originally Greek.
On the stone was written an official announcement of gifts
made by the king to the Egyptian temples.
• The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the British Museum but the actual contents of its inscription is less well-known.
• The side of the Rosetta Stone with an inscription made by the British Army.
• It was dug up in 1799 by French soldiers of Napoleon Bonaparte, who were enlarging a fort.
After the British defeated the French, it was handed to the British Army who sent the Stone to the British Museum, where it's been since 1802 (apart from a few trips such as two years stored underground during the First World War).
Conserving the Rosetta Stone
• In 1999, the Rosetta Stone was the centrepiece of the British Museum exhibition Cracking Codes. As part of the exhibition preparations, the opportunity was taken to investigate and clean this famous object.
• ANTONELLA ORELLANA
• NADYA INSAURRALDE
KET15.30
