When I was a kid O was fascinated by Egypt, I even taught myself to read and write Egyptian Hieroglypics from the books by E. A. Wallis - Budge.

The fascinating story of the race to decipher hieroglyphics centres around this object that was found by the French, The Rosetta Stone, now housed in The British Museum.

The key to deciphering an anciemt unreadable language was dound here in the names of the rulers encircled in the "cartouche"

"Identifying the name "Ptolemy" inside these cartouches was a critical breakthrough in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. Because the same name appeared in the Greek section of the stone (as ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ), scholars like Thomas Young and Jean-François Champollion were able to link the hieroglyphic symbols to specific sounds."

And just like that we could suddenly know what all the images meant.

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When you are alone in one of the greatest museums, and one of the most visited in the world.

The British Museum

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I am not a train geek but I know someone who is. But I have to say The national rail museum im York is pretty amazing amd this train in particular is pretty spectacular.

Also reminds me that Modern Life is Rubbish

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Architecture of London

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London that crazy mad energetic town.

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