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Old 09-18-2012, 09:57 PM
 
Location: Texas
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A dictionary of thousands of words chronicling the everyday lives of people in ancient Egypt — including what taxes they paid, what they expected in a marriage and how much work they had to do for the government — has been completed by scholars at the University of Chicago.


The ancient language is Demotic Egyptian, a name given by the Greeks to denote it was the tongue of the demos, or common people. It was written as a flowing script and was used in Egypt from about 500 B.C. to 500 A.D., when the land was occupied and usually dominated by foreigners, including Persians, Greeks and Romans.
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Old 09-19-2012, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Miami, FL
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Thanks Brian.

Your post restored my faith in the History forum as providing useful information or where to find sources for same.
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Old 09-19-2012, 05:15 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I don't see many of those but maybe now that I've seen one I might look a little closer.
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Old 09-19-2012, 06:25 PM
 
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Thanks Brian.

Your post restored my faith in the History forum as providing useful information or where to find sources for same.
If you use EurekAlert! - Science News I'll give you tips. You do not have to 'sign-in'. Those are for media.

And, at the top where it says, "About Us" there is a box for searches. For a search, use single words followed by commas if there are multiple key words... as in [ancient,languages].

Also, once you have punched your key words, you can "sort by date."
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:37 PM
 
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Thanks, this will help me in my research.
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