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The Rosetta Stone
⭐ MasteredThe Rosetta Stone is a stone slab with the same text written in three scripts. It helped scholars decode ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs in the 1800s.
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The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799 by French soldiers during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt.
All about The Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is a stone slab with the same text written in three scripts: hieroglyphs, a second Egyptian script and ancient Greek. Without it, the meaning of hieroglyphs might have stayed a mystery much longer.
The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799 by French soldiers during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt. It is now displayed in the British Museum in London.
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