On This Day - Divining the Stone

On this day in 1799, an inscribed stone which had been uncovered in the wall of the Fort of St Julien at Rashid in the Nile Delta was brought to the attention of the French Army officer in charge of the fort. The discovery of the 'Rosetta Stone' was to lead to a re-understanding of an Egyptian hieroglyphic script which had effectively died out by the 4th century AD. Produced by Brian Byrne.

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