Found on July 15, 1799, by French soldiers on a mission in Egypt, the Rosetta Stone was a most fortunate find. The stone’s three blocks of alternating script provided the key to deciphering ...

the eight-inch rock is believed to have been chiseled as early as 600 B.C. That is hundreds of years ahead of the Rosetta Stone in Egypt from 196 B.C. The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) ...