As French troops prepared to face Ottoman forces in Rosetta, Egypt ... how the signs conveyed meaning. That task fell to Champollion, who started studying the Rosetta Stone in 1822.

These were put up in major temple complexes across Egypt. The Rosetta Stone was made in 196 BC, on the first anniversary of the coronation of Ptolemy V, by then a teenager. It's a decree issued by ...

Few cultures have left behind as many fascinating treasures and monuments as Ancient Egypt: the Great Pyramid and Sphinx, the Valley of the Kings, the gold mask of Tutankhamun and the Rosetta Stone ...