The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation. Since Greek was understood ...

When the stone was discovered, it allowed scholars to decipher hieroglyphs for ... s team to learn more about Egyptian history. 8. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, United States The ...

At the turn of the 19th century, Napoleon’s armies uncovered a remarkable object near the Egyptian town of el-Rashid ... Bankes’ true passions were art and architecture.