French scholar Jean-François Champollion was born #onthisday in 1790.
He used the Rosetta Stone as a key to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, laying the foundations of our knowledge of ancient Egyptian language and culture. Champollion realised that hieroglyphs recorded the sound of the Egyptian language – a crucial step was made when he pieced together the alphabet of hieroglyphs used to write the names of non-Egyptian rulers.
You can read more about the Rosetta Stone and why it’s so important in our blog post: http://ow.ly/8m9030n4oJu
Imagine sipping your drink from this amber tankard
The sides of this spectacular tankard are decorated with figures that represent a different vice – Pride, Gluttony, Lechery, Anger, Envy, Avarice and Sloth.
It was probably made in Königsberg (modern-day Kaliningrad, Russia) around 1640–1660.
Take an in-depth look at other objects from Renaissance Europe in the Waddesdon Bequest Gallery – enjoy hundreds of high-resolution, zoomable images available here: http://ow.ly/XAZA30qKFjK
Amber, enamel, ivory and silver lidded tankard decorated with seven ‘vices’. Probably made in Königsberg, around 1640–1660.
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A tankard is a form of drinkware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle. Tankards are usually made of silver, pewter, or glass, ...
chthonic
/ˈ(k)θɒnɪk/
adjective
- relating to or inhabiting the underworld.
"a chthonic deity"
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