The British Museum, London, Britain,UK. Crowds of visitors from home and abroad visiting the Britsh Museum in London,England.

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The British Museum, London, Britain,UK. Crowds of visitors from home and abroad visiting the Britsh Museum in London,England. Home of some of the greatest treasures in the world including the Egyptian Rooms and the Elgin Marbles from Greece. Seen here: A Visitors observe the Rosseta Stone. From Fort St Julien, el-Rashid (Rosetta), Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC. A valuable key to the decipherment of hieroglyphs, the inscription on the Rosetta Stone is a decree passed by a council of priests. It is one of a series that affirm the royal cult of the 13-year-old Ptolemy V on the first anniversary of his coronation. From BM web site info.

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