Dimensions
129 x 198 x 13mm
This is the fascinating story of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone by Napoleon's army and of the decoding of Egyptian hieroglyphics, to which it offered the key.
In July 1799 a French officer serving in Bonaparte's army made an interesting discovery. A granite slab unearthed near the small town of Rosetta bore texts in 3 different scripts - Greek, demotic Egyptian and hieroglyphs. For the first time there was a real hope of decoding Egyptian writing.
The Stone was soon stolen from the French by the British Army and removed to the British Museum in London. Now began a remarkable and highly competitive intellectual adventure in which some of the best minds of the time took part.
