IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL that in 1799, a French soldier discovered the Rosetta Stone, whose Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic texts made ancient Egypt readable again.www.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down13
arrow-up1172arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1799, a French soldier discovered the Rosetta Stone, whose Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic texts made ancient Egypt readable again.www.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareChuckTheMonkey@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down16·4 months agoIt’s even crazier there’s demonic written on it. I thought it’s something made up by Christianity.
minus-squareArgentRaven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·4 months agoDemotic, not demonic. Demotic is simplified Egyptian used by every day people there at the time. Typically, only the priests used the form of hieroglyphs we’d see on tombs. “Demotic” means colloquial, or common, speech.
minus-squareChuckTheMonkey@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up24·4 months agoThanks for the explanation. I really need to get some sleep before I misread again
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoEveryday Egyptians meaning scribes, as most of everyone else were illiterate.
It’s even crazier there’s demonic written on it. I thought it’s something made up by Christianity.
Demotic, not demonic. Demotic is simplified Egyptian used by every day people there at the time. Typically, only the priests used the form of hieroglyphs we’d see on tombs. “Demotic” means colloquial, or common, speech.
Thanks for the explanation. I really need to get some sleep before I misread again
Everyday Egyptians meaning scribes, as most of everyone else were illiterate.
Did you mean Demotic?