Rosetta stone found by Napoleon's troops in the Nile Delta. It attracted the interest of the learned men with Napoleon, including several mathematicians, and copies were circulated to scholars. The text is in Greek, hieroglyphics, and demotic Egyptian scripts and was deciphered by Thomas Young and Francois Champollion. The cartouches on the stone, which contained royal names, were the key to decipherment. It is now a prized possession of the British Museum.
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The Rosetta Stone
Napoleon Bonaparte
The British Museum
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The Rosetta Stone
Napoleon Bonaparte
The British Museum
