Archaeology · Introduction
The Rosetta Stone was an ordinary decree
The Rosetta Stone records an otherwise unremarkable decree of Ptolemy V from 196 BCE. Its value lay in being written in Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphs.
A key that unlocked an empire's writing.
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European powers fought over it because scholars could use it to decipher Egyptian. Thanks to it, we can read temple walls and papyri preserved by Egypt's dry climate.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 1–2
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