The Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in ancient Egypt, dating to 196 BC. It's famous for containing the same text in three scripts: hieroglyphic, demotic, and ancient Greek.

Rosetta Stone by The British Museum on Sketchfab

The Rosetta Stone was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. The inscribed black granodiorite stone was the first ancient Egyptian bilingual text to be discovered in modern times. The stone was unearthed in 1799 during Napoleon's campaign in Fort Saint Julien, El-Rashid in Egypt and has been housed in the British Museum since 1802.