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The Rosetta Stone, British Museum, London.

The chance discovery of the Rosetta Stone during the dismantling of an old Egyptian fort transformed the study of Egypt and ancient languages and continues to court controversy today. The stone is the single most visited object at the British Museum in London and one of the world's most treasured historical objects. See our blog, The Rosetta Stone. https://hobblecreek.us/blog/entry/the-rosetta-stone #rosettastone #egypt #britishmuseum

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an ancient writing on the side of a stone wall

Stele, ancient Xanthos, Lycia, western Turkey. All four sides of this 5th C. BC pillar tomb are covered with Greek and the longest Lycian inscription known (250 lines). Like the Rosetta Stone, this invaluable inscription helped scholars begin to decipher the riddle of the very difficult Lycian language, though it is still not completely understood.

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the rosetta stone key to delibeging helophics with the same degree in 3 scripts

This diagram provides a visual representation of the Rosetta Stone, and how it was set up. The stone was inscribed with classical hieroglyphics, followed by demotic writing (the simplified, cursive form of hieroglyphs), and lastly ancient Greek. It was this combination of languages that allowed for the mystery of the forgotten language to be unraveled. http://www.sketchplanations.com/post/129239825802/the-rosetta-stone-the-sort-of-artefact-that-make

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a large stone with writing on it in front of a glass case that says, what is the rosetta stone?

What is the Rosetta Stone? Currently housed at the British Museum in London, the Rosetta stone is considered one of the most prominent archaeological discoveries of all time. But what makes it so important?

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the rosetta stone and the birth of an ancient egypt by john ray book cover

The Rosetta Stone is one of the world’s great wonders, attracting awed pilgrims by the tens of thousands each year. This book tells the Stone’s story, from its discovery by Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt to its current—and controversial— status as the single most visited object on display in the British Museum.

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an object that looks like a piece of paper

The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with a decreeissued at Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptianhieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek. Because it presents essentially the same text in all three scripts (with some minor differences among them), it provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Although it is believed to have…

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an image of a piece of stone that is very old

Today is the anniversary of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799. The ancient Egyptian "Rosetta Stone" has the text of a decree of Ptolemy V in 196 BC in three languages/forms of writing, hieroglyphs, demotic script, and Greek. Having the three forms of the same text gave scholars a key to

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