Found on July 15, 1799, by French soldiers on a mission in Egypt, the Rosetta Stone was a most fortunate find. The stone’s three blocks of alternating script provided the key to deciphering ...

Five hundred years later, even this restricted knowledge of how to read and write them had disappeared - the script of Ancient Egypt was lost. The Rosetta Stone survived unread through two ...

The Rosetta Stone was produced in 196BCE but ... scholars were able to unravel the mystery of the ancient Egyptian script. The stone would have lain undiscovered if it hadn’t been for Napoleon ...

Five hundred years later, even this restricted knowledge of how to read and write them had disappeared - the script of Ancient Egypt was lost. The Rosetta Stone survived unread through two ...