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www.xsz.twessanynehings.
itissafetosaythatindueurseoftitheywouldhave
givenupthewaysofsavagesandwouldhavedevelopeda
civilisationoftheiroeao
theirisolation.theyovered.
atravellerfronunknohlando
ountainpasseshadfoundhisway
totheefrobr >
africa.hisho.
thevalleyofthenilehaddevelopedahighstageofcivilisation
thousandsofyearsbeforethepeopleofthehad
dreadofthepossibilitiesofaforkorawheelorahouse.
andhereforeleavereatgrandfathersin
theircaves,thesoutheaeshoresof
thediterranean,oodtheearliestschoolofthe
hunrace.
theegyptianshavetaughtusnythings.theywere
excellentfarrs.theykneirrigation.theybuilt
teleserhegreeksandh
servedastheearliestdelsforthechurchesinhweworship
noedadarhproved
sueasuringti
thatithassurvivedost
iortantofall,theegyptianshadleaedhoopreserve
speechforthebeoffuturegeions.theyhadied
theartofing.
edtoneagazines
thatakeitfrahattheworldhasalwaysbeen
abletoreadandatteroffact,ost
iortantofalliions,isquiteten
dotssanddogs,each
theirkittensandtheirpuppiesafeplethingsandwho,
becausetheyote,possessnohey
keuseoftheexperiehosegeionsofcatsand
dogsthathavegonebefore.
inthefirste
toegypt,theyfoundthevalleyfullelittlepictures
edtohavesothingtodohthehistory
oftheuntry.buttheronsiedin``anything
fnanddidnotinquireintotheinofthesequeer
figuresplesandthewallsof
thepalaadeoutofthe
papyrusreed.thelastoftheegyptiaswhohad
uoodtheholyartofkingsuchpictureshaddiedseveral
yearsbefyptdeprivedofitsindependencehad
beeastorehousefilledportanthistorients
hlyuse
toeither.
seventeeuriesainedaland
ofstery.butintheyear1798afreneralbythe
naofbonapartehappeovisiteasteafricatoprepare
foranattackupoishindianlonies.hedid
beyondthenile,andhiscaaign,
quiteactally,thefausfrenchexpeditionsolvedthe
probleftheaegyptianpicturelanguage.
onedayayoungfrenuchboredbythedreary
lifeofhislittlefortressontherosettariverauthofthe
niledeagingang
theruinsofthea.andbeholdhefoundastone
.likeeverythingelsei
ithlittlefigures.butthisparticularslabof
blackbasaltanythingthathadeverbeen
disvered.itcarriedthreeinscriptions.ohesewas
ihegreeklanguagehatis
necessary,sohereasoned,``istoparethegreektexth
theegyptianfigures,andtheyoheirsecrets.
theplansoundedsileenoughbutittookrethan
tyyearstosolvetheriddle.intheyear1802afrench
professorbythenaofchaolliooparethe
greekandtheegyptiasofthefausrosettastone.in
theyear1823heannouhathehaddisveredtheaning
offourteenlittlefigures.ashorttilaterhediedfrobr >
overainprinciplesofegyptianinghad
beekoryofthevalleyofthenileis
betterknoississippiriver.
enrerdhousandyears
oficledhistory.
astheaegyptianhieroglyphicstheeans
``sacredinghaveplayedsuchaverygreatrolein
history,afeindifiedforaveevenfoundtheir
ething
abouttheingenioussysteturiesago
topreservethespokening
geions.
ofurse,youknoasignlanguageis.every
indianstoryofoureplainshasachapterdevotedto
strangessagesoflittlepicturesh
tellhoanybuffaloesanyhunters
thereainparty.asaruleitisnotdifficultto
uandtheaningofsuchssages.
aegyptian,hoasignlanguage.the
cleverpeopleofthenilehadpassedbeyondthatstagelong
before.theirpicturesantagreatdealrethantheobject
heyrepresented,asishalltrytoexplaintoyounow.
supposethatyoupollion,andthatyouwere
exaningastackofpapyrussheets,allveredhhieroglyphics.
suddenlyyouanh
asaeansofursethat
afarrouttocutdoree.thenyoutakeanother
papyrus.ittellsthestoryofaqueentheage
ofeightytidstofasentenceappearsthepicture
ofthehandle
saustansothingelse.but
thatistheriddleanfinallysolved.
hedisveredthattheegyptianshefirsttouse
ofcharactersh
reproducethe``soundorphohespokenwordand
akeitpossibleforustotranslateallourspokenwords
intoa,hthehelpofonlyafesanddashes
andpothooks.
letusretuforanttothelittlefellohthesaw.
theeaaintoolhyouwillfind
ihepastteheverb
``tosee.
thisishadhappeheheurse
ofeantonlytheparticulartool
eaninghadbeenlostandit
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