The Rosetta Stone, Decoding the Secrets of Ancient Egypt
Discovered in 1799 near the town of Rosetta (modern-day Rashid) in Egypt, the Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued in 196 BC during the reign of King Ptolemy V. The text is presented in three scripts: Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and Ancient Greek. This trilingual inscription provided scholars with…