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12/19/2024 https://x.com/stevenaveryny/status/1869863555258061008?s=61&t=mQ59LWBk3qHD4zNvQYBdJw
scholarship hidden by the Aussies
"translating the writings of the elusive Konstantinos Simonides .. letter to the fictitious monk Kallinikos, purporting to demonstrate the ‘correct’ reading of Egyptian hieroglyphs in opposition to that of Champollion
In the second semester of 2019, the Forging Antiquity team were joined by a number of undergraduate interns working on a range of topics from the early history of scientific testing through to the …
Excellent point! Over-rated? Provenance? Skeptics viewing the Champollion discoveries included George Cornewall Lewis and the quirky Constantine Simonides, who was a scribe on Sinaiticus at Mt. Athos c. 1840.
Yet the Forging Antiquity Project, under Malcolm Choat, has held back for over five years (!) a letter from Constantine Simonides to Kallinikos on hieroglyph interpretation. Scholarship delayed and hidden is scholarship denied. Now it is time for public access. Thanks!
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Yet the Forging Antiquity Project, under Malcolm Choat, has held back for over five years (!) a letter from Constantine Simonides to Kallinikos on hieroglyph interpretation.
Scholarship delayed and hidden is scholarship denied.
The final known hieroglyphic inscription in ancient Egyptian history was carved on the north wall of the Gate of Hadrian at the Temple of Isis on Philae Island, dated August 24, 394 CE. This marked...
Vignette from the ‘Book of the Dead’ of Queen Nodjmet. She was married to Hrihor, a High Priest of Amun who was the king of Upper Egypt circa 1080-1074 BCE during the late 20th Dynasty. This was a...
This morning I sent an email to the British Museum to try and obtain a copy of the text on the Rosetta Stone. Told them that I wanted to try and decipher the stone myself. They replied with a link to...
It includes 1,000 characters and is believed to have been invented by the gods.. What you do not know about hieroglyphic writing Hieroglyphic writing The ancient Egyptians decorated the entrances to...