According to History, Young started to examine the Rosetta stone in 1814. He found that some of the hieroglyphics were contained in an oval, which he called cartouches, and that these spelled out ...

The Rosetta Stone was made in 196 BC ... We asked the Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif for her view of this history: "This stone so makes me think of how often Egypt has been the theatre of other ...

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For non-history buffs, the Rosetta Stone was an Ancient Egyptian artifact that had the same text in three scripts- Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and Ancient Greek. The Rosetta ...

What's more, it's free to visit. From the Rosetta Stone to the Parthenon Sculptures to Mesopotamian objects, the British Museum is a history buff's dream containing artifacts in the millions.

The Rosetta Stone was made in 196 BC ... We asked the Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif for her view of this history: "This stone so makes me think of how often Egypt has been the theatre of other ...