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The Rosetta Stone is an ancient stone carving inscribed in Ancient Egyptian and Greek languages.
History[]
Created in 196 BC, during the reign of Ptolemy V, the stone spoke of the pharaoh's gift of land to the temples.[1]
Centuries later, in 1799, the stone was rediscovered by French soldiers in Rosetta along the Mediterranean Sea which enabled the scholar Jean-François Champollion to use its text to eventually decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
The real Rosetta Stone currently resides at the British Museum in London, UK.
Appearances[]
- Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx (Mentioned only)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark novel (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Egypt (Non-fiction source)
- The Indiana Jones Handbook
- Indy's Notebook: "Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark!" – Indiana Jones Comic 7
