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Remarque: Cet article de blog redig\u00e9 par Anna Targett a \u00e9t\u00e9 traduit de l\u2019anglais en fran\u00e7ais par Edward Foster<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Un des objets les plus appr\u00e9ci\u00e9s du British Museum de Londres est la pierre de Rosette. Son aspect est pourtant peu remarquable. La taille d’un enfant, les bords fissur\u00e9s, sans la moindre couleur, elle porte des inscriptions sur une seule face. Elle n\u2019impressionne gu\u00e8re et les mots qui y sont grav\u00e9s n’expriment que de ternes d\u00e9crets officiels. Elle s\u2019agit pourtant d’une des pierres les plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres au monde. Pendant plus de 20 ans, elle fut l’objet d’une comp\u00e9tition pour le d\u00e9chiffrage d\u2019un code compos\u00e9 de formes et d’images \u00e9tranges, v\u00e9ritable cl\u00e9 pour enfin comprendre la vie de l’\u00c9gypte antique.<\/p>\n

Il y a encore 200 ans, les ruines d\u2019\u00c9gypte pr\u00e9sentaient un myst\u00e8re, non seulement pour nous Europ\u00e9ens mais aussi pour les \u00c9gyptiens eux-m\u00eames. Les statues, les ob\u00e9lisques \u00e9taient couverts de symboles – des hi\u00e9roglyphes – que personne n’avait su lire depuis plus de 1300 ans. A la fin du XVIII e si\u00e8cle, la Grande-Bretagne et la France \u00e9taient en guerre. Napol\u00e9on avait envahi l’Egypte et la Grande-Bretagne envoya ses militaires les plus brillants pour l’arr\u00eater. A cette \u00e9poque, les deux pays partageaient une passion pour l\u2019Antiquit\u00e9\u2026 et cette rivalit\u00e9 s’\u00e9tendit donc jusqu’au domaine de la culture antique.<\/p>\n

\"The Le British Museum est un mus\u00e9e consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 l’histoire humaine, \u00e0 l’art et \u00e0 la culture avec plus de 8 millions d’objets dans sa collection permanente. Cr\u00e9dit photo: \u00a9British Museum. <\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

En 1799, des militaires fran\u00e7ais d\u00e9couvrirent une pierre de construction dans la ville d’El Rachid, connue alors sous le nom de Rosette, sur le delta du Nil . Remontant \u00e0 196 ans avant J-C, cette pierre avait \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9utilis\u00e9e pour un b\u00e2timent maintenant disparu. Il y \u00e9tait inscrit une proclamation en deux langues antiques: le grec et l’\u00e9gyptien ancien. Pour sa part, le texte en \u00e9gyptien y \u00e9tait transcrit en deux \u00e9critures diff\u00e9rentes, la forme hi\u00e9roglyphique et le d\u00e9motique. Ces deux \u00e9critures \u00e9taient devenues inintelligibles depuis des si\u00e8cles. Les hi\u00e9roglyphes avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 utilis\u00e9s uniquement par les pr\u00eatres et les rois jusqu\u2019en l’an 394 de l\u2019\u00e8re chr\u00e9tienne. Le d\u00e9motique, la forme populaire des hi\u00e9roglyphes, disparut un si\u00e8cle plus tard, vers 492.<\/p>\n

Ainsi commen\u00e7a la renomm\u00e9e de la pierre de Rosette… On s’aper\u00e7ut que ces trois textes portaient tous le m\u00eame message. En comparant les trois passages identiques, il deviendrait forc\u00e9ment possible de d\u00e9chiffrer les hi\u00e9roglyphes! Les Fran\u00e7ais comprirent imm\u00e9diatement qu’ils \u00e9taient tomb\u00e9s sur un objet exceptionnel. Des copies furent imprim\u00e9es afin d’\u00eatre diffus\u00e9es en Europe. Mais dans la confusion des batailles, la pierre se retrouva malencontreusement entre les mains des Anglais suite \u00e0 un trait\u00e9 de paix. En 1801, les Anglais l’emmen\u00e8rent vite \u00e0 Londres avant que les Fran\u00e7ais ne puissent la r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer.<\/p>\n

\"British British Museum : La pierre de Rosette dans la galerie. Cr\u00e9dit photo: \u00a9 British Museum, Londres.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Expos\u00e9e au British Museum<\/a> de Londres, des copies en pl\u00e2tre furent r\u00e9alis\u00e9es afin que les savants puissent l\u2019\u00e9tudier et on en distribua aux grands centres universitaires du royaume : Oxford, Cambridge, \u00c9dimbourg, Dublin. Des \u00e9rudits de toute l’Europe se mirent au d\u00e9chiffrage. Traduire le grec ancien \u00e9tait assez simple. Puis rapidement, les noms propres du texte en \u00e9criture d\u00e9motique furent d\u00e9chiffr\u00e9s (Ptol\u00e9m\u00e9e, Alexandre, Alexandrie) puis transcrits dans un syst\u00e8me alphab\u00e9tique. Dans le texte hi\u00e9roglyphique, on constata que ces noms royaux \u00e9taient contenus dans des \u00ab cartouches \u00bb ovales. Mais les d\u00e9couvertes s\u2019arr\u00eat\u00e8rent l\u00e0.<\/p>\n

Thomas Young, physicien, m\u00e9decin et linguiste anglais, commen\u00e7a plus tard \u00e0 \u00e9tudier de plus pr\u00e8s le texte d\u00e9motique. Il se rendit compte que celui-ci contenait \u00e9galement des caract\u00e8res non-alphab\u00e9tiques. Parmi les hi\u00e9roglyphes, il parvint \u00e0 identifier et \u00e0 traduire certains symboles ; il se rendit alors compte que ceux-ci \u00e9taient \u00e0 la fois symboliques et phon\u00e9tiques. Quinze ans furent n\u00e9cessaires pour en arriver l\u00e0 et, malgr\u00e9 tout, ces langues \u00e9taient encore inintelligibles.<\/p>\n

\"British British Museum: La fa\u00e7ade de la pierre de Rosette. Cr\u00e9dit photo : \u00a9 British Museum, Londres.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Puis entra dans la course Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Champollion, jeune savant fran\u00e7ais en correspondance avec Thomas Young. Lui aussi croyait au caract\u00e8re symbolique des hi\u00e9roglyphes, mais ce ne fut qu\u2019apr\u00e8s la d\u00e9couverte d’une autre tablette hi\u00e9roglyphique en \u00c9gypte qu\u2019il fit un grand pas en avant. Champollion put ainsi comparer des cartouches contenant le nom \u00ab Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre \u00bb et confirma ce que Young avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 pressenti: les hi\u00e9roglyphes \u00e9taient \u00e9galement phon\u00e9tiques.<\/p>\n

Mais Champollion poss\u00e9dait un atout suppl\u00e9mentaire par rapport \u00e0 Thomas Young: il savait lire la langue copte, le d\u00e9riv\u00e9 moderne du d\u00e9motique. Il profita de cette connaissance, ainsi que celle du grec ancien, pour pouvoir en d\u00e9duire la valeur phon\u00e9tique de nombreux symboles et ainsi d\u00e9chiffrer les caract\u00e8res picturaux. Petit \u00e0 petit, Champollion affina sa compr\u00e9hension des symboles et il d\u00e9veloppa une structure grammaticale de la langue afin de r\u00e9aliser une traduction compl\u00e8te \u00e0 la fois des \u00e9critures hi\u00e9roglyphique et d\u00e9motique.<\/p>\n

\"British British Museum: La pierre de Rosette. Cr\u00e9dit photo : \u00a9 British Museum, Londres<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

C’est donc le Fran\u00e7ais Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Champollion qui d\u00e9chiffra les hi\u00e9roglyphes et publia finalement ses d\u00e9couvertes en 1824. Il fit un voyage en \u00c9gypte et pendant un certain temps, il \u00e9tait la seule personne au monde capable de lire l’\u00c9gyptien ancien, le seul \u00e0 pouvoir enfin lire et comprendre, 1400 ans apr\u00e8s, les hauts faits des pharaons, leurs victoires, leur grandeur. C\u2019est le p\u00e8re du d\u00e9chiffrement des hi\u00e9roglyphes.<\/p>\n

Au British Museum, on trouve de nombreux objets originaires de l’\u00c9gypte ancienne : des t\u00eates de pharaons, des ob\u00e9lisques, des sarcophages, et bien s\u00fbr des momies tr\u00e8s visit\u00e9es. Mais il y a aussi des objets provenant de nombreuses autres cultures qui racontent d\u2019\u00e9tonnantes histoires du monde entier au cours des mill\u00e9naires.<\/p>\n

Utiliser un guide touristique \u00ab Blue Badge<\/a> \u00bb est le moyen id\u00e9al pour vous faire vivre ces cultures. M\u00eame les objets les plus modestes sont susceptibles de prendre beaucoup de signification lorsque l’on consid\u00e8re leur influence d’alors; certains sont m\u00eame devenus des symboles importants de notre monde actuel. Choisissez une visite guid\u00e9e des objets principaux du Mus\u00e9e ou bien immergez-vous davantage dans une culture ou deux : celle de la M\u00e9sopotamie peut-\u00eatre, des Grecs, des Romains ou des Anglo-saxons.<\/p>\n

\"British British Museum: La pierre de Rosette \u00e0 droite. Cr\u00e9dit photo : \u00a9 British Museum, Londres.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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I am excited every day to show off its history and traditions and also to fill you in on what it is like to live here. Where do people go, what do Londoners do?\u00a0 I love nothing more than pomp, period and pageantry. Guiding and being guided is so rewarding in this city and there is so much to experience! Every area of the city has its own character. Day to day I find myself telling stories of fascinating characters, pioneers, trend setters, artists and music makers. I also describe the events that have taken place behind the walls of the many buildings in the city, historic and modern, and the way in which these events and people have changed our world. Another passion of mine is our museums - I love to explain the cultures of the British Museum, the art of the National Gallery or Tate Britain and the exquisite design of pieces in the Victoria & Albert Museum. I can tell you what is going on behind the walls of our Royal residences... Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace and for the more adventurous ...lets take a trip to Hampton Court Palace which is less crowded and so rewarding.\u00a0 There are many other areas outside London which are accessible on a day trip ... Bath, Stonehenge, Oxford, Stratford are all easy to do in a day and if you don't have transport then let me know - I can also organise this for you. I also love to work with families - having a small child of my own. Having been a Tour Manager conducting tours around Western Europe and in particularly Italy for much of my career I am missing seeing people and tourists.... I love being in company and opening people's eyes to the beauty and marvels of my amazing surroundings. Through the virtual tours I am keeping this up and I have had such a wonderful response.. including rounds of applause at the end... let's hope we can go back to viewing things in real life soon... in the meantime... see you online!\u00a0 www.virtualtourslondon.co.uk Since Covid I have been conducting imaginative, colourful and fascinating online tours of London which can be viewed from your own screen at home. These are available on a private basis for groups or families... choose your date and time. We will see even more than we can from the street. Do look me up and join one of these events and if you would like me to create something special for you just let me know.\u00a0 \u00a0www.virtualtourslondon.co.uk. Virtual Tours include: Westminster, St James's, Greenwich, The Thames, Richmond upon Thames, London Gardens, Galleries and Museums, Wimbledon, South Kensington. 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Particularly enjoyed the chance to peek inside the shops and slip down the hidden alleyways, things I\u2019m sure I wouldn\u2019t have done if I\u2019d gone there alone.\u00a0 Thank you Anna, a Blue Badge guide with class.\" SPECIAL INTERESTS Richmond and Twickenham Riversides The River Thames Westminster Abbey Kensington Palace Windsor Castle Greenwich St James's Tower of London Stately Homes of South West London Hampton Court Palace St Paul's Cathedral London Gardens: Kew Gardens & Chelsea Physic Garden      ","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.annaoflondon.com","annaoflondon"],"url":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/author\/annatargett\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12125,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12124\/revisions\/12125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidelondon.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}