http://www.blogrosettastone.com/zahi-hawass-visits-londons-british-museum-and-doesnt-mention-rosetta-stone Own a Handcrafted, Full-Size, 3-D Replica of the Mysterious Rosetta Stone Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:30:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.blogrosettastone.com/zahi-hawass-visits-londons-british-museum-and-doesnt-mention-rosetta-stone/comment-page-1#comment-17 DR.KWAME OPOKU Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:08:17 +0000 http://www.blogrosettastone.com/?p=105#comment-17 Zahi Hawass does not need to state Egypt's claim for the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum. He has stated it often. What remains now is for MacGregor and co. to return the stone. What I found symbolic is the presence of Hawass and others before the stone statute of Ramesses II. In view of this huge statute and the other 100,000 Egyptian objects in the British Museum, are the British not ashamed to have to argue with the Egyptians about the return of one object which is significant for the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphics? No one has claimed that the Rosetta Stone is crucial to understanding any language spoken or written in the British Isles. So for which culture is this artefact more important? If it is for Egyptian culture, then surely it should be in Cairo and not London. Zahi Hawass does not need to state Egypt’s claim for the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum. He has stated it often. What remains now is for MacGregor and co. to return the stone. What I found symbolic is the presence of Hawass and others before the stone statute of Ramesses II. In view of this huge statute and the other 100,000 Egyptian objects in the British Museum, are the British not ashamed to have to argue with the Egyptians about the return of one object which is significant for the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphics? No one has claimed that the Rosetta Stone is crucial to understanding any language spoken or written in the British Isles. So for which culture is this artefact more important? If it is for Egyptian culture, then surely it should be in Cairo and not London.

]]>