IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-square17linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareArgentRaven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·2 days 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-up25·2 days agoThanks for the explanation. I really need to get some sleep before I misread again
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoEveryday Egyptians meaning scribes, as most of everyone else were illiterate.
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.