Its value as the key that unlocked the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs is world-famous—but the turbulent history surrounding the Rosetta Stone’s discovery and translation is more obscure.

Dating to 196 BCE, the stone was the key for scholars to decipher and consequently read hieroglyphs, as the ancient Egyptian script appears alongside identical texts in Demotic and ancient Greek ...

The Rosetta Stone contained a decree written in three different types of writing. When it was discovered, no one new how to read hieroglyphics, but after many years, the code was cracked.

The Rosetta Stone, a stele dating to 196 BCE inscribed with hieroglyphics written in Ancient Egyptian, Demotic, and Ancient Greek, was discovered in Memphis, Egypt in 1799 by the French officer ...

Discovered on July 19, 1799, by Napoleonic troops in Egypt, the Rosetta Stone dates to 196 B.C. It is inscribed with a decree by a priestly council affirming the reign of Ptolemy V.

The Rosetta Stone dates to 196 BC and was unearthed by Napoleon's army in northern Egypt in 1799. It became British property after Napoleon's defeat under the terms of the 1801 Treaty of ...

Published: March 6, 2023 7:05am EST The Rosetta Stone is not known for its content, but as a lexicon of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

One such record contained on the stone concerns the Great Revolt: a decades-long Egyptian rebellion against Greek-Macedonian rule that began in 207 BCE and continued until 184 BCE.

The Rosetta Stone, at the British Museum in 2017. Edward Dolnick exuberantly captures the frustrations and triumphs of scholars as they puzzle out the meaning of long-dead runes, “seduced by ...