The Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone by The British Museum on Sketchfab

The Rosetta Stone was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. The inscribed black granodiorite stone was the first ancient Egyptian bilingual text to be discovered in modern times. The stone was unearthed in 1799 during Napoleon's campaign in Fort Saint Julien, El-Rashid in Egypt and has been housed in the British Museum since 1802. Colossal marble bust of Zeus by The British Museum on Sketchfab