The Key to Ancient Egypt: Decoding the Rosetta Stone The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite slab discovered in Egypt in 1799 by French soldiers. Dating to 196 BCE, it bears a decree by Ptolemy V in three scripts: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Ancient Greek. This multilingual text enabled Jean-François Champollion to decipher hieroglyphs in 1822, unlocking ancient Egyptian history and language. #RosettaStone #AncientEgypt #Hieroglyph #History #EpicHistory | Epic History TV

The Rosetta Stone was discovered #onthisday in 1799 – key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs! The same inscription is written in three different scripts: Greek, hieroglyphs and demotic Egyptian. 1,400 years after hieroglyphs had gone out of use, scholars were able to use the Greek inscription on this stone as the key to decipher them. The inscription is a decree that affirms the royal cult of the 13-year-old Ptolemy V on the first anniversary of his coronation in 196 BC. Learn more about this o