Its value as a translation tool is world-famous—but the turbulent history surrounding its discovery and translation is more obscure. The Rosetta Stone’s text is a royal decree venerating a ...

Two hundred and twenty-one years ago today, the Rosetta Stone was discovered; to celebrate this anniversary, Google has launched a tool to help people discover ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for ...

The Rosetta Stone was produced in 196BCE but only discovered in 1799 and has been a key translation device since then Scholars faced an uphill battle to get Egyptian studies incorporated into ...

The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods. The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient ...