The Rosetta Stone

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The Rosetta Stone

• Rosetta Stone is a black basalt slab What
  is the Rosetta Stone? The bearing an inscription
  that was the key to the deciphering of Egyptian
  hieroglyphics.

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Its Origin

• The Rosetta Stone was unearthed in July 1799. The
  Rosetta Stone is 3ft 9in long and 2ft 41/2 in
  wide.
  
• The stone displayed same text
  scripts, but only two languages, Greek and
  Egyptians.

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The Rosetta Stone

• . They quickly discovered that all three
  contained the same messages. Greek could be
  translated immediately, providing clues to
  others.

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The Rosetta Stone

• The Rosetta Stone was dated March 196 BC, in the
  9th year of Ptolemy V. Ptolemy were since the
  Empire of Alexander the Great, and while they
  built Egypt style temples. There language was
  still Greek.

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Conclusion

• The years proceedings the setting up of the
  Rosetta Stone, certain parts of Egypt had been
  lost to familys of the Ptolemies.
• Finally the Rosetta Stone can be found
  in a British Museum in London.