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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.
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.
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 ...
Rosetta Stone: British Museum, London, England: Granodiorite stele created in 196 BC and rediscovered in 1799. Rosetta Stone (replica) King's Library, British Museum, London, England: Replica of the stone as it was originally displayed, touchable. Rosetta Stone (replica) Champollion Museum, Vif, Isère, France: Replica of the stone in an ...
The acquisition of the Rosetta Stone was tied up in the imperial battles between Britain and France. Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta stone Skip to main content
The Rosetta Stone, now in the British Museum, discovered by Pierre-François Bouchard in July 1799. Before embarking for Egypt, he married Marie Élisabeth Bergere on 23 April 1798 – she was a young woman from Meudon, five years his junior, with whom he much later had two children.
Location: Musée du Louvre, 75001, Paris, France: ... (-rə)), [4] or the Louvre Museum ... like the Rosetta Stone, claimed by Egypt even though it was acquired in ...
Rosetta (/ r oʊ ˈ z ɛ t ə / roh-ZET-ə) [a] or Rashid (Arabic: رشيد, romanized: Rašīd, IPA: [ɾɑˈʃiːd]; Coptic: ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ, romanized: ti-Rashit) [b] is a port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Rosetta Stone was discovered there in 1799.