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The purchase of Sir [[William Hamilton]]'s collection of Greek vases and
The purchase of Sir [[William Hamilton]]'s collection of Greek vases and
other classical objects in 1772 meant the beginning of numerous other acquisitions of antiquities, including the [[Rosetta Stone]], a basalt tablet with inscriptions in Greek and in Egyptian hieroglyphic and demotic scripts on it, which provided the key to the decipherment of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script.
other classical objects in 1772 meant the beginning of numerous other acquisitions of antiquities, including the [[Rosetta Stone]], a basalt tablet with inscriptions in Greek and in Egyptian hieroglyphic and demotic scripts on it, which provided the key to the decipherment of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script.
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The British Museum collection includes statuary and decorated architecture from throughout pharaonic history, often inscribed with hieroglyphs. Many other aspects of ancient Egyptian culture are represented: coffins and mummies of individuals, but also furniture, fine jewellery and other burial goods. [http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures/africa/ancient_egypt.aspx]
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