Script, Demotic Egyptian, and ancient Greek.ĭiscovered the stone in Egypt in 1799 and carried it away to France.įirst tri-lingual artifact recovered in modern times and its discovery aroused Issued at Memphis, Egypt, in three languages: ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic Inches × 28.5 inches × 11 inches in size. 27:26).įrench scholars 20 years (1803-1822) to decode a single paragraph of the ancientĮgyptian writing inscribed on the Rosetta Stone (the top third of the characters People, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder” (Isaiah 29:14 and 2 Ne. That it would-that the translation of the Book of Mormon would be a miracle, doneīy the Savior Himself: “I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this It happened precisely as the Savior declared to Isaiah Hieroglyphics, but to complete the translation in so short a time. Only the first person to translate an entire tome from ancient Egyptian The Prophet Joseph Smith translated the 531-page Book of Mormon from ancient EgyptianĬharacters-but he finished his translation in just two months.īeen recognized nor given academic credit for the miraculous feat of being not It took French scholarsĢ0 years to translate one paragraph from the Rosetta Stone. Ultimately unlocked an understanding of ancient Egyptian. Stone, and the deciphering of its Egyptian characters in 1822, was the key that Writing was an untranslatable, lost language-but the discovery of the Rosetta Soldiers, in the Nile Delta at Rosetta, Egypt. Rosetta Stone (see photo below) when it was discovered in 1799, by Napoleon’s In fact, no one on earth could read the Egyptian markings on the famous The ability to read the hieroglyphics etched into their ageless temples and The hieroglyphic Egyptian script was anĮxtinct, dead language at the time of the Restoration. To read the previous article in the series, CLICK HERE.įirst person in modern history to translate a complete book from ancientĮgyptian hieroglyphic characters. The articles in this column look forward to the upcoming bicentennial celebrations of the events of the Restoration with great quotes, stories and interesting thoughts about the Prophet Joseph Smith. Spring 2020 is the 200 th anniversary of the First Vision. Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE
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