On July 15, 1799, French soldiers discovered a large stone slab along the Nile Delta. They knew it was something special. But no one at the time realized it was the key to opening up the vast history of ancient Egypt. This is the story of the Rosetta Stone.

Sources

https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-rosetta-stone

https://arce.org/resource/rosetta-stone-unlocking-ancient-egyptian-language/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone

Image: @Hans Hillewaert - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosetta_Stone.JPG

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