2006-08-14 15:45:02 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
Yes, it should be returned to Egypt
The Rosetta stone was stolen from Egypt during colonial times.
- It was made by the ancient egyptians
- Was discovered in Egypt
- Holds the secrets of Hyrogliphics
and I am sure the Egyptians are more than capable of handling it since they are already handling 1/3 of the planet's ancient monuments just fine.
2006-08-14 21:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by fozio 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Rosetta Stone is an historical Egyptian artifact (??? ???? in Arabic) which replaced into instrumental in advancing cutting-side information of hieroglyphic writing. The stone is a Ptolemaic era stele with carved textual content textile. The textual content textile is created from 3 translations of a single passage, written in 2 Egyptian language scripts (hieroglyphic and Demotic), and in classical Greek. It replaced into created in 196 BC, got here upon by utilising the French in 1799 at Rosetta, a harbor on the Mediterranean coast in Egypt, and contributed a great deal to the decipherment of the concepts of hieroglyphic writing in 1822 by utilising the British polymath Thomas youthful and the French student Jean-François Champollion. Comparative translation of the stone assisted in information many earlier undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing. The textual content textile of the Rosetta Stone is a decree from Ptolemy V, describing the repealing of assorted taxes and classes to erect statues in temple
2016-09-29 06:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by riesgo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well i think it is more accessable to people where it is. It is cheaper for most people to go to London then to fly to Cairo. Plus I don't think the National Musuem in Cairo is free like the Museum in London. I saw the Rosetta stone there and since I haven't been to Cairo I wouldn't have seen it. I think there is enough antiquity to go around right now.
2006-08-15 01:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by Constant_Traveler 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What do YOU think....Egypt used to have 1/3 of the overall of the world's ancient artifacts (A TRUE FACT WHICH ANY WEBSITE OR BOOK WILL STATE THE SAME RESULT,FEEL FREE TO LOOK IT UP!)
Countless of them are being either smuggeled by foreigners, or by egyptians themselves (but mostly foreigners, who's numbers to get caught in airports startted to increase throught these last several years! :-)
ANYWAYS, I drifted off-topic...so if it wasn't a gift then it should go back to it's original owner...owning what's not originaly yours is stealing in ANY case...
But I'm not entirely against that since it's true that it might be safer being out of Egypt for now...
2006-08-15 05:49:02 · answer #4 · answered by Diablous 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes it should they should return all ancient artifact to the respective lands of origin and then the museums there can decide if they want to loan something out or not.
2006-08-16 18:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by cassandra581 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes I do, this is where it belongs I also think the Elgin marbles should be returned to Greece with a grovelling apology for nicking them in the first place.
2006-08-14 21:31:18 · answer #6 · answered by Barneyboy 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes of course, It should be back to homeland
It was stollen from Egypt
2006-08-14 20:39:29 · answer #7 · answered by Hisham 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's being well cared for, so no it shouldn't go home. Besides, don't they have enough problems coping with the number of artifacts they already have?
2006-08-14 16:04:52 · answer #8 · answered by A True Gentleman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes!
It is very important and I think it's upkeep should be funded internationaly and displayed in Eygypt where it belongs and has most relevance.
2006-08-15 07:57:44 · answer #9 · answered by David T 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i allready answered a similar question and it was about nefertity bust in germany . my opinion is that every ancient artifact should return to the original place.
2006-08-15 08:08:19 · answer #10 · answered by abdelhamidelsayed 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋