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An [[Egypt|Egyptian]] writing made in 196 BC which inscribes the same message in [[hieroglyphics]] and Greek.  When it was found in 1779 AD, it enabled us to translate hieroglyphics for the first time.
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The '''Rosetta Stone''' is an [[Egypt]]ian writing made in 196 BC which inscribes the same message in [[hieroglyphics]] and Greek.  When it was found in AD 1779, it enabled the translation of hieroglyphics for the first time.  The hieroglyphics were first deciphered by [[Jean-Francois Champollion]] in 1822.
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'''Rosetta Stone''' is also a series of [[computer program]]s for learning [[language]]s.
    
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[[category:greece]]
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