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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 March 2025. Egyptian stele with three versions of a 196 BC decree This article is about the stone itself. For its text, see Rosetta Stone decree. For other uses, see Rosetta Stone (disambiguation). Rosetta Stone The Rosetta Stone on display in the British Museum, London Material Granodiorite Size 1,123 ...
The Rosetta Stone on display in the British Museum in 1874. The body of trustees decided on a converted 17th-century mansion, Montagu House, as a location for the museum, which it bought from the Montagu family for £20,000.
The seven permanent Egyptian galleries at the British Museum, which include its largest exhibition space (Room 4, for monumental sculpture), can display only 4% of its Egyptian holdings. The second-floor galleries have a selection of the museum's collection of 140 mummies and coffins, the largest outside Cairo. A high proportion of the ...
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 ...
A spokesperson for the British Museum told The Independent: “We have received no formal request from the Egyptian government to repatriate the Rosetta Stone. “The Rosetta stone is available to ...
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 ...
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 ...
The fragmentary monoliths were recovered by French scholars as part of Napoleon's 1798 expedition to Egypt but, after the capitulation of French forces, they were confiscated by the British, along with a number of antiquities including the Rosetta Stone, and transported to England. They can now be seen in the Great Court of the British Museum. [1]