The Rosetta Stone (Key to Translating Hieroglyphs) : In Focus

Welcome to In Focus. In this series we take a closer look at particular sites, finds and objects from the world of Archaeology.

Today, we take a look at the key to translating ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Rosetta Stone.

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[jaredsmith]

Thanks for the entertaining, badly needed, refresher course.
I enjoyed that.

[B.Rumpson]

Do you think it should be returned to Egypt?

[joeschultz]

All because one lieutenant was smart enough to realize this was something special and saw to it that the highest authorities were alerted.  Otherwise Egyptian history would still be a mystery.

[yourcamden]

Likewise the Lindisfarne Gospels for Old English.

[jaredsmith]

Thanks for the entertaining, badly needed, refresher course.
I enjoyed that.