The Rosetta Stone - the Key to Unlocking Egypt's Past (Encore)

About this episode

This episode tells the story of the Rosetta Stone and its significance in unlocking the history of ancient Egypt.

On July 15, 1799, French soldiers discovered a large stone slab along the Nile Delta. They knew it was something special. But no one at the time realized it was the key to opening up the vast history of ancient Egypt. This is the story of the Rosetta Stone. Sources https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-rosetta-stone https://arce.org/resource/rosetta-stone-unlocking-ancient-egyptian-language/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone Image: @Hans Hillewaert - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosetta_Stone.JPG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Breen, McKinley Breen

Topics covered

• Rosetta Stone
• ancient Egypt
• history
• archaeology
• language
• discovery

Keywords

• Rosetta Stone
• ancient Egypt
• Nile Delta
• French soldiers
• discovery
• history
• language

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Museum, ARCE, Wikipedia

Books & works: Rosetta Stone

Places: Nile Delta

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