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2. Rosetta Stone - Wikipedia

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   According to the museum's records, the Rosetta Stone is its most-visited single object, [51] a simple image of it was the museum's best selling postcard for several decades, [52] and a wide variety of merchandise bearing the text from the Rosetta Stone (or replicating its distinctive shape) is sold in the museum shops.

3. Joseph Kosuth - Wikipedia

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   Joseph Kosuth (/ k ə ˈ s uː t,-ˈ s uː θ /; born January 31, 1945) is a Hungarian-American conceptual artist, who lives in New York and Venice, [1] after having resided in various cities in Europe, including London, Ghent and Rome. [2] [3] A giant copy of the Rosetta stone, by Joseph Kosuth in Figeac, France, the birthplace of Jean ...

4. Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta stone - AOL

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   The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on the most visited piece in the British Museum: The ...

5. List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City

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   Museum of the City of New York: Museum Mile: Manhattan: Multiple: Art and local history National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Financial District: Manhattan: Memorial: Memorial and museum dedicated to victims of 9/11 attacks New-York Historical Society: Upper West Side: Manhattan: History: History of New York and the United States Statue of ...

6. Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta stone - AOL

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   This undated photo provided by the British Museum, shows the Rosetta Stone, the centerpiece of a new exhibition at London’s largest museum titled, "Hieroglyphs unlocking ancient Egypt ...

7. Rosetta Stone decree - Wikipedia

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   The Rosetta Stone decree, or the Decree of Memphis, is a Ptolemaic decree most notable for its bilingual and tri-scriptual nature, which enabled the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Issued by a council of priests confirming the royal cult of Ptolemy V in 196 BC at Memphis , it was written in Egyptian hieroglyphs , Egyptian Demotic and ...

8. Jean-Joseph Marcel - Wikipedia

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   During the French Campaign in Egypt, the Rosetta Stone was discovered and transported to Cairo for examination by scholars. [1] Jean-Joseph Marcel, who was also a gifted linguist, is credited as the first person to recognise that the middle text of the Rosetta Stone, originally guessed to be Syriac, was in fact the Egyptian demotic script, rarely used for stone inscriptions and therefore ...

9. Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals

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   The Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals are a series of exhibition halls at the American Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, New York City. The halls opened on June 12, 2021, as a complete redesign of their predecessors, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Gems and Minerals and Morgan Memorial Hall ...