Decipherment and Translation: An Egyptological Perspective

Within the field of Egyptology, translation plays an absolutely central role; indeed, the birth of Egyptology as a scientific discipline is typically associated with the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone in the early 1820s, which allowed ancient Egyptian texts to be translated for the first time in...

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Published in:CR (East Lansing, Mich.) Mich.), 2016-04, Vol.16 (1), p.29-36
Main Author: Westerfeld, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian
Christianity
Egyptian civilization
Egyptology
Hieroglyphics
Historical text analysis
Inscriptions
Paleography
Phonetics
Simultaneous interpretation
Special Issue
Translation
Translations
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Summary:Within the field of Egyptology, translation plays an absolutely central role; indeed, the birth of Egyptology as a scientific discipline is typically associated with the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone in the early 1820s, which allowed ancient Egyptian texts to be translated for the first time in approximately 1,500 years.
ISSN:1532-687X
1539-6630
DOI:10.14321/crnewcentrevi.16.1.0029