Picture No | 10080639 |
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Description | Egypt - Rosetta Stone |
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The stone, discovered in 1799 by Bussard, one of Napoleon's officers, was captured by the British in 1801 and placed in the British Museum : it is in three languages
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Source | Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania, 1855-60 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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