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Sunday 17th July, 2005
Europe > United Kingdom > Londonthe Rosetta Stone
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The Rosetta Stone was found 1799 by french soldiers in the city Rosette (Rashid) in Egypt.
The stone was of great importance to translate and understand the hierglyphs since it's written in three different scripts:
- hieroglyphs,
- egyptian demotic and
- greek.
The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C.
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