Sunday, December 7, 2008

HIstory Of the discoveries of egyptt

5 COMMENTS

-The most important discovery made by French scholars was the Rosetta Stone.
-Several copies of the Rosetta Stones were made so scholars could study it
-Hieroglyphic progress was really slow
-Muhammad Ali let explorers explore
-Johann Ludwig Burckhardt had access to Islams holiest shrines

4 Questions

-Who had the biggest impact on Egypt discoveries?
-What was the first Egyptian discovery?
-Who was the first person to discover an artifact?
-When was it discovered?

3 Vocabulary

Roster-a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
Ballast-any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
Ceded-to yield or formally surrender to another

2 LITERARY TERMS

The power vacuum left...

Filled their cabinets with curiosities...

1 OVERVIEW SENTENCE

This few pages take about one of the few early findings of Egyptian artifacts

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