Questions and Answers
What was the significance of the Rosetta Stone?
It contained the same inscription in three different scripts
Who discovered the Rosetta Stone?
Pierre-François Bouchard
What happened to the Rosetta Stone after Napoleon's defeat?
It became the property of the British
Study Notes
- Rosetta Stone was important for deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
- It was discovered during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt in 1799
- Soldiers in Napoleon's army found it while digging the foundations of a fort
- The stone was built into a very old wall
- The officer in charge, Pierre-François Bouchard, realized the importance of the discovery
- After Napoleon's defeat, the stone became the property of the British
- It was shipped to England and arrived in Portsmouth in February 1802
- The stone contains the same inscription in three different scripts
- Scholars could read Ancient Greek, which helped decipher the hieroglyphs
- The Rosetta Stone is considered a valuable key to understanding ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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