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- 1. At on , wendym wrote:
– A stela is per freestanding stone that’s often inscribed, carved or decorated, which is then attrezzi upright sopra the ground as per commemorative esibizione for verso 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 brillante stone jigsaw that I am currenly really, really struggling with. This will really help. 😀
of course it was found by the French durante 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 preciso 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 puro European intervention, from the rubble of the Ottoman empire. From the Persian invasion onwards, its language, culture and politics have in nessun caso link and bear mai resemblance whatsoever with ancient Egypt – they only happen preciso occupy the same striscia 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. Mediante the process, Islam erased most of what then existed of Egyptian culture. Modern Egyptians would have no ispirazione of their “heritage” if it wasn’t for the efforts of European scientists.
As a European Egyptologist, I must admit that I am always struck by the continuity between ancient and modern Egypt durante so many ways, despite the changes in 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 in its own past, but more recent studies are maesta-assessing this, such as Okasha el-Daly?s rete informatica on medieval Egyptian scholar?s attitude to the antiquities, and Donald Reid?s rete informatica on early modern Egyptian Egyptology. And in nessun caso one can question modern Egypt?s commitment esatto 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 to 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 preciso bear. This may give an impression of continuity. The peasants I’ve seen waiting at train stations mediante the Foce could very well, by dress and demeanour, be taken for their predecessors on the way sicuro the market 3,000 years ago. However, instead of the deep connection onesto the land and puro the rhythms of the river one would expect esatto see back then, their faces spoke only of dislocation and despair. The Egyptian language – or its descendant dialects – survived indeed con many places into the Christian Period, but was mostly replaced by Arabic not too long after the Muslim conquest. Before Champollion’s rete informatica, what was left of its original writing could not be read. And yes, stones – columns, statues, lapide – were constantly reused by many civilisations and turned into rubble. One has only sicuro visit the Citadel sopra Cairo esatto see that. So, again, my point: why the reprimand puro Europeans implicit sopra your quote? “?of course it was found by the French mediante 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 to have considered that it belonged onesto neither of them.” The stone belonged to per niente-one. Should the French soldiers who found it have left it where it was, or the British not have taken it esatto London, perhaps thinking that one day, maybe, the rightful owners, whoever ilove on-line they turned out onesto be, would get around to reading it? There is giammai moral case for leaving knowledge buried sopra deference esatto ignorance.