Unlocking History The Rosetta Stone's Timeless Tale
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian artifact discovered in 1799.
It features inscriptions in three scripts: Greek, Demotic, and Hieroglyphic.
The stone was key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Discovered by French soldiers during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, it dates back to 196 BC.
The inscriptions are a decree issued during the reign of King Ptolemy V.
French scholar Jean-François Champollion cracked the code in 1822 using the Greek text.
The Rosetta Stone is made of granodiorite and measures approximately 114 cm in height.
It has been housed in the British Museum since 1802.
The stone provided a crucial breakthrough in understanding ancient Egyptian civilization.
Its discovery marked a turning point in the field of Egyptology, opening up ancient Egyptian history to the modern world.
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