Explore a combination of Egyptian history, art, religion, funerary practices, language, and (most importantly) how the Egyptian language, which had disappeared for 2000 years, was resurrected in the 1820s by a French genius, Champollion. Steve offers a mixture of history and the importance of a written language, as well as a fascinating slideshow look at the ruins of ancient Egypt. Additionally, he explores how Egypt went from the most powerful empire of its time (when the Israelites lived there under Rameses) to a backwater in history, as well as the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and how Champollion used it to break the code of this long-dead language.Bargain Bin class: Steve Orton shows many pictures while he is talking, but the class is very interesting. If you do quick Google searches you’ll be able to come up with images of many of these.
