On this day in 1799, troops led by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign uncovered a large stone etched in multiple languages in the Egyptian village of Rosetta.

Learn about how it unlocked our understanding of a whole civilization and where those lessons even apply to the revolutionary work of Nelson Mandela.

Today is July 15, 2020.

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