Bizarre Archaeological Finds That Still Baffle Scientists Today

The Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone is the key to understanding the language and culture of the ancient Egyptian people. This stone is inscribed with three different scripts, one of which is written in Egyptian Hieroglyphics, another in Ancient Greek dialect, and the other in a Demotic script. This stone provided the format for Western society to understand the glyphs of older times. 

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