The Rosetta Stone: Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Civilizations
Introduction The Rosetta Stone ranks among the most significant archaeological discoveries in history. Unearthed in 1799 during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, this granodiorite slab revolutionized how we understand ancient civilizations. It features the same text written in three scripts—Greek, Demotic, and Egyptian hieroglyphs. This unique characteristic allowed scholars to decipher hieroglyphs, which had been an unsolved … Read more