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The Rosetta Stone unlocked ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs

A decree carved in three scripts enabled scholars to decipher Egyptian writing

Inscribed in 196 BCE and rediscovered by French soldiers in 1799, the Rosetta Stone features the same royal decree written in hieroglyphic, Demotic, and ancient Greek scripts. Because scholars could read ancient Greek, French linguist Jean-Francois Champollion used the parallel text to crack the code of Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: A decree carved in three scripts enabled scholars to decipher Egyptian writing. The figure is taken from British Museum, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.