The Rosetta Stone, Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC. Artist: Unknown

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The Rosetta Stone, showing hieroglyphs, demotic, and Greek scripts, Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC. The inscription is a priestly decree affirming the royal cult of the 13-year-old Ptolemy V. From the British Museum's collection.

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