The Glove Of The Rosetta Stone Analysis
As I was reading the "Riddle of the Rosetta Stone", I came to the conclusion that the author, James Giblin, gave his readers effect information about the history of the Rosetta Stone. He tells his readers of the beginning of finding the stone by chance in Egypt, and the whole journey of scholars making many mistakes to try to find what the hieroglyphs on the stone said.
James Giblin would use effective details when first off describing the stone, "It is roughly the size of a tabletop- three feet nine inches long, two feet four and a half inches wide, and eleven inches thick." Giblin gives the readers a clear detail on the size of the stone, he also explains the importance of the stone, "For it is the Famed Rosetta Stone, which gave …show more content…
"Frustrated in their attempts to get someone to translate the hieroglyphs for them, the Greeks decided on their own that the symbols must be a kind of picture writing." Giblin gives example of some of the wrong theories the scholars had, "A Greek writer named Horapollo said correctly that the picture of a goose stood for the word 'son'. But then he explained that this was because geese took special care of their young, which was completely inaccurate." Giblin had done a fine job of explaining the whole process of the scholars trying to figure out what the stone said. But, after Horapollo Giblin explains of another scholar that had no clue what he was talking about, that Kircher was "even farther off the mark" than Horapollo and that "Kircher let his imagination run wild." He also says that " From 1650 onward, Kircher produced several volumes of such nonsense." Giblin was not afraid to let the readers know of how he feels about the scholars wrong ideas.
James Giblin had informed his readers of who the first person was that fully understood the Rosetta Stone, who was, Champollion. Although many of the scholars before thought that the hieroglyphs were either sound or images, Champollion knew they were both, and Giblin was happy about Champollion's discovery, "Champollion had every reason to be excited. He had confirmed that more than one Greek name was expressed phonetically by the hieroglyphs. And he now knew a dozen different hieroglyphic symbols with which he could go about deciphering other Egyptian names and
James Giblin would use effective details when first off describing the stone, "It is roughly the size of a tabletop- three feet nine inches long, two feet four and a half inches wide, and eleven inches thick." Giblin gives the readers a clear detail on the size of the stone, he also explains the importance of the stone, "For it is the Famed Rosetta Stone, which gave …show more content…
"Frustrated in their attempts to get someone to translate the hieroglyphs for them, the Greeks decided on their own that the symbols must be a kind of picture writing." Giblin gives example of some of the wrong theories the scholars had, "A Greek writer named Horapollo said correctly that the picture of a goose stood for the word 'son'. But then he explained that this was because geese took special care of their young, which was completely inaccurate." Giblin had done a fine job of explaining the whole process of the scholars trying to figure out what the stone said. But, after Horapollo Giblin explains of another scholar that had no clue what he was talking about, that Kircher was "even farther off the mark" than Horapollo and that "Kircher let his imagination run wild." He also says that " From 1650 onward, Kircher produced several volumes of such nonsense." Giblin was not afraid to let the readers know of how he feels about the scholars wrong ideas.
James Giblin had informed his readers of who the first person was that fully understood the Rosetta Stone, who was, Champollion. Although many of the scholars before thought that the hieroglyphs were either sound or images, Champollion knew they were both, and Giblin was happy about Champollion's discovery, "Champollion had every reason to be excited. He had confirmed that more than one Greek name was expressed phonetically by the hieroglyphs. And he now knew a dozen different hieroglyphic symbols with which he could go about deciphering other Egyptian names and