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Rosetta Stone

Discovered in 1799 by Napoleon's army, this basalt stone in three languages, Demotic, Greek, and hieroglyphs, proved the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Champollion - Jean-Francois Champollion and the Rosetta Stone

Champollion translated the Rosetta Stone.

Rosetta Stone

The basic information about the Rosetta Stone, its discovery, content, and translation.

British Museum Egyptian Antiquities - The Collection

The British Museum's description of its star possession, the Rosetta Stone. The text concerns honors bestowed on Ptolemy V Epiphanes in March 196 B.C.

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