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The Rosetta Stone was the key to understanding Hieroglyphs
The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 and was the key to understanding hieroglyphs and is on display at The British Museum in London.
It was created 196 BC and it is a segment of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt that was carved onto the stone and written in 3 different languages.
The top and middle segments were written in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and the bottom segment in Ancient Greek.
By having the Greek translation, it allowed researchers to crack the code of understanding hieroglyphs, which allowed us to understand more about the Ancient Egyptians.
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