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The Rosetta Stone

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Gateway to the Ancient Egyptians

For 1,400 years, nobody could read the texts of the ancient Egyptians. It was in 1799 that a soldier in Napoleon's army discovered the Rosetta stone of black basalt, which contains a text written in three different scripts. The upper part contained hieroglyphs, the middle part was written in Demotic Egyptian, and the bottom in Ancient Greek. The stone dated back to 196 BC. The stone was confiscated from the French army by the British navy, but copies of the texts were made available to major European linguists. Jean-Francois Champollion was the first to find the key. For 14 years, he studied the texts, compared them to other pieces of writing, and in 1822 announced in a letter to the Royal Academy of Inscriptions that he had discovered the secret to unlocking the mysteries of hierogliphics.

The Rosetta Stone had opened the doors of Egyptology for the first time.
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The Rosetta Stone is one of the jewels...

La pierre de Rosette est un des bijoux...

La pierre de Rosette est un des bijoux du Musée Britannique depuis son arrivée en 1802, elle attire des milliers de touristes chaque année, qui se rendent parfois à ce musée pour seulement voir cette pièce mystérieuse. Elle est tout près de l'entrée principale du musée, un des plus anciens du monde, et vous pourrez voir des dizaines de personnes qui s'approchent pour regarder ses 92 lignes taillées en trois types d'écriture: hiéroglyphe, démotique et grec oncial (en majuscules), qu'ont aidé à déchiffrer les hiéroglyphes égyptiens. La pierre de rosette est la seule partie subsistant d'une pierre encore plus grande. C'est un granit noir et pèse plus de 750 kilos. Elle fut découverte par un général français en Égypte quand les troupes de Napoléon étaient en guerre avec les Britanniques.
The Rosetta Stone is one of the jewels of the British Museum since its arrival in 1802, it attracts thousands of tourists every year, sometimes go to the museum to see only this mysterious room. It is close to the main entrance of the museum, one of the oldest in the world, and you can see dozens of people who come to watch his 92 lines cut into three types of writing: hieroglyphics, demotic and Greek uncial (uppercase), that helped decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics. The Rosetta Stone is the only remaining part of an even larger stone. It is a black granite and weighs over 750 pounds. It was discovered by a French general in Egypt when Napoleon's troops were at war with the British.
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