Most interesting fact about the Rosetta Stone and why?

Answer 1

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone#Creation_of_the_Stone

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Answer 2

The Rosetta Stone was the key to translating Egyptian hieroglyphics. Before that was found, it was believed that the Egyptian language was lost forever and the inscriptions we found would go untranslated. With the Stone linguists were able to learn the meanings and rough pronunciations for Egyptian, opening up our knowledge of their culture.

Answer 3

i just saw a video and the rosetta stone held 3 pieces of writing
in this order Hieroglyph,Greek,and demotic i dont know how its spelled but that is what they used to learn what the hieroglyphics means and they thought it was the secret to the universe Before Egypt had it but Napolean from France invaded Egypt and took possesion of the stone and British were coming over to get the stone so France were trying to decode it as fast as possible but couldnt I have more but i dont think u will read it.....lol

Answer 4

The Rosetta Stone is a Ptolemaic era stele inscribed with the same passage of writing in two Egyptian language scripts and in classical Greek. It was created in 196 BC, discovered by the French in 1799, and translated in 1822 by Frenchman Jean-François Champollion. Comparative translation of the stone assisted in understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing.

The Stone is 114.4 centimeters high at its tallest point, 72.3 centimeters wide, and 27.9 centimeters thick (45.04 in. high, 28.5 in. wide, 10.9 in. thick). Weighing approximately 760 kg (1,676 pounds), it was originally thought to be granite or basalt but is currently described as granodiorite and is dark grey-pinkish in color. The Stone has been kept at the British Museum in London since 1802.

Answer 5

it allowed scientists or archaeologists to decipher the Egyptian language
previously the language had been lost
(the rosetta stone was a statement written in three languages, two Egyptian ones and in Greek