Secrets of the Rosetta Stone - Key to Unlocking Ancient Egypt

In 1799, French troops under Napoleon pulled a not-so-pretty stone from a wall in Rosetta Fort in Alexandria. Little did they know at the time, but this would prove the key to unlocking the secrets of Ancient Egypt. With ancient Greek, demotic, and Egyptian hieroglyphics side-by-side, the secrets of the Rosetta Stone were not so much in its content (which were pretty banal), but rather that they allowed for the translation of hieroglyphics, which opened up all of Egyptian history to scholars.

This episode takes you through the whole process of finding and translating the stone.

00:00 Unlocking Ancient Secrets: The Rosetta Stone
03:03 The Historical Context of the Rosetta Stone
05:50 The Journey of Translation: Key Scholars and Rivalries
09:03 Deciphering Hieroglyphics: The Breakthroughs and Challenges
11:48 The Significance of the Rosetta Stone
14:03 Visiting the Rosetta Stone: A Cultural Experience

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