How Many Rosetta Stones Are There?

Is there more than one Rosetta Stone?

The Rosetta Stone has been on display in the British Museum since 1802, with only one break. Towards the end of the First World War, in 1917, when the Museum was concerned about heavy bombing in London, they moved it to safety along with other, portable, 'important' objects.

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What are the 3 languages on the Rosetta Stone?

The Rosetta Stone, a symbol for different things to different people, is a dark-colored granodiorite stela inscribed with the same text in three scripts - Demotic, hieroglyphic and Greek.

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What happened to the rest of the Rosetta Stone?

The stone, which fell into British hands in 1801 and now resides in the British Museum, was crucial to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics by the English scholar Thomas Young and the French scholar Jean-François Champollion in the 19th century.

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Where is the Rosetta Stone currently located?

Where is the Rosetta Stone currently located? The Rosetta Stone is on display in the British Museum, London, having passed into British hands after the French surrender of Egypt in 1801.

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