Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued in Memphis on behalf of King Ptolemy V in 196 BCE. The Rosetta Stone was made as a result of Greek and ethnic Egyptian tensions, and as the Greeks felt resentment at not being able to read the hieroglyphs. It was written in Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Greek scripts.Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – "Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs" – Passage Into History
In 1799, it was discovered by a soldier, , during Napoleon Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt. The text was deciphered by Jean-François Champollion, which provided the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: The Rosetta Stone
Somehow, the Templars procured a rubbed transfer of the missing section of the Rosetta Stone. Champollion, an ally of the Assassin Brotherhood, discovered that the rubbing contained sensitive information concerning the Assassins, which prompted the Assassin Council to task Arno Dorian with recovering its pieces, with Champollion's aid.Assassin's Creed: Unity – An Engaging Egyptologist
==Gallery==
ACO Rosetta Stone.jpg|The Rosetta Stone in Egypt
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Unity 
*Assassin's Creed: Origins 
==References==
zh:罗塞塔石碑
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