It is the most visited object in the british museum. It s a story of accidental discovery warring empires and becoming the lynchpin to deciphering the ancient egyptian hieroglyphic alphabet. The rosetta stone is one of the famous objects in the british museum because of its history mystery and a story more interesting than any fictional adventure story.
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Exhibited in the british museum since 1802 the rosetta stone was the key to unlocking the ability to read and translate ancient egyptian hieroglyphs. Soldiers in napoleon s army discovered the rosetta stone in 1799 while digging the foundations of an addition to a fort near the town of el rashid rosetta. About the rosetta stone.
The project is a partnership between the british museum and google cultural institute. The museum of the world an interactive experience through time continents and cultures featuring some of the most fascinating objects in human history. Towards the end of the first world war in 1917 when the museum was concerned about heavy bombing in london they moved it to safety along with other portable important objects.
The rosetta stone has been exhibited in the british museum since 1802 with only one break. Towards the end of the first world war in 1917 when the museum was concerned about heavy bombing in london they moved it to safety along with other portable important objects. The rosetta stone has been exhibited in the british museum since 1802 with only one break.
The stone is known for. One of the most famous objects in the world the rosetta stone is to have its little known gay history explored on public tours for the first time by the british museum. The rosetta stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in memphis egypt in 196 bc during the ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of king ptolemy v epiphanes the top and middle texts are in ancient egyptian using hieroglyphic and demotic scripts respectively while the bottom is in ancient greek the decree has only minor differences between the three versions.
Towards the end of the first world war in 1917 when the museum was concerned about heavy bombing in london they moved it to safety along with other portable important objects.
Rosetta stone the british museum. The rosetta stone has been on display in the british museum since 1802 with only one break.
The rosetta stone has been on display in the british museum since 1802 with only one break.
