SUGGESTION - Teachers of TOK may prefer to watch this one extract in class (about 7 minutes) and encourage students to watch the remainder at home. The entire series is on a BBC DVD 'EGYPT' which I highly recommend for students and family members.
WAYS OF KNOWING - LANGUAGE -EMOTION/PATRIOTISM-REASON - SENSE PERCEPTION/READING SIGHT/........AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE - HISTORY - HUMAN SCIENCES - Note: The Church was concerned that information on the Rosetta Stone and in the Pyramids would discredit the biblical version of history and weaken the authority of the bible. The particular knowledge issue here might be 'are holy books reliable sources of history'?
Ownership of the Stone? Should it be returned to Egypt or remain in the UK?
At first the Stone was re-discovered by the French under Napoleon. After his defeat the Stone was removed from Egypt by the British and studied by Dr Young in London.
Ever since its rediscovery, the stone has been the focus of nationalist rivalries, including its transfer from French to British possession during the Napoleonic Wars, a long-running dispute over the relative value of Young's and Champollion's contributions to the decipherment, and since 2003, demands for the stone's return to Egypt. (Source - Wikipedia)
WAYS OF KNOWING - LANGUAGE -EMOTION/PATRIOTISM-REASON - SENSE PERCEPTION/READING SIGHT/........AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE - HISTORY - HUMAN SCIENCES - Note: The Church was concerned that information on the Rosetta Stone and in the Pyramids would discredit the biblical version of history and weaken the authority of the bible. The particular knowledge issue here might be 'are holy books reliable sources of history'?
Ownership of the Stone? Should it be returned to Egypt or remain in the UK?
At first the Stone was re-discovered by the French under Napoleon. After his defeat the Stone was removed from Egypt by the British and studied by Dr Young in London.
Ever since its rediscovery, the stone has been the focus of nationalist rivalries, including its transfer from French to British possession during the Napoleonic Wars, a long-running dispute over the relative value of Young's and Champollion's contributions to the decipherment, and since 2003, demands for the stone's return to Egypt. (Source - Wikipedia)
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