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- 1. At on , wendym wrote:
– A stela is a freestanding stone that’s often inscribed, carved or decorated, which is then attrezzi upright durante the ground as per commemorative esibizione for a person or event. Hope that helps.
Blaming Europeans for salvaging and interpreting ancient monuments is just pathetic
Great page! It looks like the exact photo used on the British Museum diamante stone jigsaw that I am currenly really, really struggling with. This will really help. 😀
of course it was found by the French in the context of Napoleon’s invasion of the country, and then appropriated by the British when they defeated him, and the French and the British argued over it. No-one seems sicuro have considered that it belonged sicuro neither of them.” The stone was removed from the temple where Ptolemy’s priests first erected it either by the Persians or the Arabs, then ended up as rubble by action of the Ottomans. Modern Egypt rose, thanks to European intervention, from the rubble of the Ottoman pigiare. From the Persian invasion onwards, its language, culture and politics have giammai link and bear niente affatto resemblance whatsoever with ancient Egypt – they only happen preciso occupy the same spogliarello on both margins of the Nile. The Arabs removed countless pieces – especially the columns – from ancient Egyptian and Greek temples to prop up their mosques. Per the process, Islam erased most of what then existed of Egyptian culture. Modern Egyptians would have giammai pensiero of their “heritage” if it wasn’t for the efforts of European scientists.
As verso European Egyptologist, I must admit that I am always struck by the continuity between ancient and modern Egypt in so many ways, despite the changes durante religion and languages over the centuries. And the Egyptian language survived into the Christian Period, of course. Many accounts have down-played the extent that Egypt has been interested per its own past, but more recent studies are monarca-assessing this, such as Okasha el-Daly?s rete di emittenti on medieval Egyptian scholar?s attitude preciso the antiquities, and Donald Reid?s rete di emittenti on early modern Egyptian Egyptology. And mai one can question modern Egypt?s commitment preciso the study and preservation of its own heritage. Incidenrtally, the reuse of earlier monuments for building material is something that was very extensively practised by the pharaohs themselves, most famously perhaps by Ramses II. Richard Parkinson, curator British Museum
Different cultures will apply very similar solutions preciso the basic needs for food and shelter, when successively occupying the same terrain under the same climate, unless new production and transportation technologies are brought sicuro bear. This may give an impression of continuity. The peasants I’ve seen waiting at train stations sopra the Sbocco could very well, by dress and demeanour, be taken for their predecessors on the way onesto the market 3,000 years ago. However, instead of the deep connection to the land and preciso the rhythms of the river one would expect esatto see back then, their faces spoke only of dislocation and despair. The Egyptian datingranking.net/it/maiotaku-review/ language – or its descendant dialects – survived indeed durante many places into the Christian Period, but was mostly replaced by Arabic not too long after the Muslim conquest. Before Champollion’s rete di emittenti, what was left of its original writing could not be read. And yes, stones – columns, statues, lastra – were constantly reused by many civilisations and turned into rubble. One has only to visit the Citadel in Cairo to see that. So, again, my point: why the reprimand puro Europeans implicit in your quote? “?of course it was found by the French sopra the context of Napoleon’s invasion of the country, and then appropriated by the British when they defeated him, and the French and the British argued over it. No-one seems sicuro have considered that it belonged puro neither of them.” The stone belonged esatto giammai-one. Should the French soldiers who found it have left it where it was, or the British not have taken it sicuro London, perhaps thinking that one day, maybe, the rightful owners, whoever they turned out esatto be, would get around esatto reading it? There is mai moral case for leaving knowledge buried con deference puro ignorance.