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[[Image:Rosetta Stone.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Rosetta Stone in the British museum.]]

[[Image:Rosetta Stone.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Rosetta Stone in the British museum.]]

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.

The '''Rosetta Stone''' is an [[Egypt]]ian writing made in 196 BC which inscribes the same message in [[hieroglyphics]], demotic 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. ''The Rosetta Stone is written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt.'' [http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html The Rosetta Stone]

'''Rosetta Stone''' is also a series of [[computer program]]s for learning [[language]]s.

'''Rosetta Stone''' is also a series of [[computer program]]s for learning [[language]]s.

== External links ==

== External links ==

*[http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html Rosetta Stone]

*[http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/the_rosetta_stone.aspx The Rosetta Stone]