THE ZONG: A DARK CHAPTER IN MARITIME HISTORY

The story of the Zong casts a shadow over the annals of maritime history as a chilling testament to human cruelty. In 1781, this British slave ship, laden with hundreds of captive Africans destined for the Caribbean, embarked on a atrocious voyage that would result in a tragedy of unspeakable proportions. Driven by avarice and indifference to human

The Rosetta Stone, a monumental artifact unearthed in 1799, has served as a key to understanding the cryptic hieroglyphs of ancient Egyptian civilization. This remarkable slab, inscribed with the same decree in three different scripts—hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Greek—provided the crucial link essential for deciphering the long-lost language of