After reading about the Rosetta Stone, discover the story of Cleopatra’s death. Or, look through these fascinating facts about ancient Egypt.

The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation. Since Greek was understood ...

For centuries, the Rosetta Stone has been revered as a monumental breakthrough due to its pivotal role in allowing archaeologists to translate ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics and while that remains ...

It retold the great stories of archeology: Heinrich Schliemann and Troy, Napoleon and the Rosetta Stone ... revealed that first carved stone step. Three ancient Egyptian dynasties buried their ...

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And unlike the deciphering of hieroglyphs, no bilingual document such as the Rosetta Stone has turned up. Where there were surviving records of ancient Egyptian rulers including Ptolemy and ...