This week’s WPC challenge is Letters.
I wish I knew what these letters and inscriptions mean.
These are the letters I found near the colossal statutes at Abu Simbel, Egypt.
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http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/hieroglyphics/
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I am aware of similar information on the web and trying to understand it. The analogy is that it wouldn’t help to understand the letters or content of a Chinese poem, even if I am given a thick volume of Chinese dictionary.
Of course ! I was being a total smartarse. 😦
Sorry, Michael …
No worries. It is a dead language which could only be deciphered based on the translation on the Rosetta stone! Regards, Michael
This is awe-inspiring. The writing you show must have been written a long time ago.
Yes, several thousand years!
Very interesting
Thank you!
What a fabulous experience! You are very fortunate to be able to travel to so many beautiful places in the world! I enjoy your photos very much.
Many thanks for liking my posts. Have a great day 🙂
I do and you are welcome! Have a lovely evening! (-:
Have a lovely day 🙂
Hi Michael,
I knew it was Egyptian. I recognized the cuneiform. You could probably get a translation from Google. I have a pendant with some of the same letters on it.
Leslie
Hi, it is a dead language which could only be deciphered based on the translation on the Rosetta stone!
Amazing isn’t it that they found the key to it in the Rosetta stone.
Leslie
Hi Leslie, without the Rosetta stone, these letters may still make no sense! Regards, Michael
It’s probably still the son begging his parents to let him borrow the chariot tonight to impress a girl.
Very imaginative 🙂
The riddle of the hieroglyphs! Isn’t it amazing that that code was deciphered … Rosetta Stone etc.
Yes, the Rosetta stone has helped to deciphered this. Regards, Michael
I enjoy looking at your photographs very much. Thanks for posting your travel photographs, they are as close as I will get to being there.
Thanks very much for the perusal. You are welcome to travel with me vicariously 🙂
How wonderful to have seen these Michael, great for the challenge. As always, my post is yet to come! Thanks for sharing these, anything Ancient Egyptian fascinates me 🙂
Will look forward to reading your post!
Thanks Michael 🙂
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Awesome! hieroglyphics always amaze me!
Great to hear from you again, Darla!
Great hieroglyphs, messages from long ago fascinate and resonate even now.
Those hieroglyphs and figures are fascinating!
I especially like the second photo. I zoomed in to see if the small structures in the foreground were people (to get a sense of scale), but saw that they looked like the lights for nighttime illumination. How did you manage to capture the scene without any people??
Hi, the statutes are gigantic- I like them looking as if they are about to come out . You are right, the small structures are for illumination. I spent a long time waiting for other people to leave the place before taking this picture.
Patience is a virtue, Michael, and usually highly rewarded!
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Abu Simbel was the temple dedicated to Ramese II, he is the tall figure in the bottom pic and the woman is his wife Nefertari. The temple was moved to a spot above the nile to a spot above the Nile to keep it from being damaged when the Aswan Dam was built. The cartouch on the right is Ramese’s name. and the rest of the glyphs are just saying he is a god and long live his name. 🙂
Many thanks Ed – you have a very good knowledge of Ancient Egypt. I am sure readers will be benefited by your comment!
I know a modest amount of ancient Egypt info. I got my dad to check out the post, he is the real expert..:-))
Glad that you asked you dad; look forward to his advice!
It’s like one of those you see in movies with ancient setting, only better 🙂 I love your work!
This is exactly the same reason that I like this image!
Michael: I especially love the second photo. It is a great shot of the entrance. Thanks to Ed for the explanation!
In fact, the second photo is more interesting than the first!
No! No! They’re both interesting photos, but I’ve seen different versions of the second one and have even tried to take my version of the second one before. However, that shot is not always successful. I liked how you were able to get the entire subject into the shot and show how magnificent that entrance is. 🙂
yes, I believe both are interesting – but the first one was taken without much thinking!