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On this day in 1799, French soldiers discovered a stone slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, Egypt.
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This Day In HistoryOn This DayRosetta StoneDiscoveryRosettaEgyptPierre-Francoise BouchardPierre BouchardFrench SoldierEngineerNapoleon BonaparteEgyptian CampaignNapoleonic WarsStoneSlabSteleStelaeBasalt StoneCultural ArtifactArtifactTreasureAncient WritingInscriptionGlyphsCopticWritten LanguageLanguageLanguagesAncient GreekGreekEgyptian HieroglyphicsHieroglyphicsHieroglyphsEgyptian DemoticDemoticEgyptian ScriptScriptPriestsKing Ptolemy VPharoah Ptolemy VPtolemy VPtolemy V EpiphanesKing Of EgyptPharoahKingAncient EgyptMemphisMemphis DecreeCoronationTemplesScholarsFranceOttomanOttoman EmpireFort JulienFortFortressBritishDefeatEnglishmanPolymathThomas YoungFrenchEgyptologistJean-François ChampollionBritish MuseumLondonControversyColonialismArchaeologistsArcheologyKeyLanguage KeyMeaningDecipherMysteryLinguisticsEgyptologyTranslationTranslateAntiquitiesEuropeAncient HistoryLanguage HistoryEgyptian HistoryFrench HistoryBritish HistoryEuropean HistoryAfrican HistoryWorld History