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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 Egypt’s former antiquities minister Dr Zahi Hawass launched a petition in November 2022 calling for the museum to return the Rosetta Stone on the 200th anniversary of its ...
The Rosetta Stone on display in the British Museum, London. 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.
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 ...
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 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.
STORY: Egyptian archeologists call for the return of the Rosetta Stonefrom the British Museum to EgyptThe Rosetta Stone dates back to 196 BCand was unearthed by Napoleon's army in northern Egypt ...