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When it was discovered nobody knew how to read Ancient Egyptian. Because the inscriptions say the same thing in three different languages the Rosetta Stone became a very valuable piece of  evidence. Through the work of many people it took over 2 months to uncover what the Rosetta Stone had to say. The Rosetta Stone is a piece of rock that was written on and was made to honor an Egyptian Pharaoh. The Rosetta stone today actually has many locations and some are relocated today, mainly because it make sit harder to be stolen. And because there is only one Rosetta stone other museums have papers and other documents that describe what the Rosetta Stone is about.

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The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 and after its discovery, an age-old mystery about Egyptian Hieroglyphics was solved.

How did the Rosetta Stone come to be discovered?

  • Napoleon Bonaparte was an advocate for education, art, and culture.
  • He invaded Egypt in 1798, bringing scholars with him to seize ancient artefacts.
  • On July 19, 1799, Napoleon's soldier Pierre Bouchard discovered an inscribed stone in an ancient wall. The Rosetta Stone was named after the town of Rosetta.
  • Napoleon's scholars deduced that the inscriptions on the stone were an ancient royal decree.

What exactly is the Rosetta Stone?

  • It is a granodiorite stone with a decree from 196 B.C. on it.
  • The stone's inscription includes three texts: hieroglyphics, ancient Egyptian demotic, and ancient Greek.
  • The inscription describes and praises Ptolemy V, the Egyptian ruler.
  • According to the Greek passage on the stone, all three texts were identical. Scholars were able to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics that had previously been a mystery for nearly 2000 years as a result of this.

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