Friday 18 February 2011

I've found something which personally I found quite interesting which we can connect the Rosetta Stone being brought forward into the modern day as well as into the future.

Through some research i have found a group of people who have called themselves "The Rosetta Project" and together have produced a modern day version of the Rosetta Stone. Useing a non-corroding metal (nickle is mentioned in one account) which measures 3 inches and has been microscopically engraved with the languages of the world. The text would originally take up 15,00 pages of text however this writing can only be seen using a 500x microscope. Only a few have been produced and currently cost £25,000 each.

The idea behind "The Rosetta Project" is for it to be the modern day Rosetta Stone for the people thousands of years in the future with its intent on preserving as much information as possible on currently spoken languages as it is feared that many existing world languages will become extinct by then end of the century.

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