The

Rosetta
Stone
 Is an ancient Egyptian 1

stela that of granodiorite

with engraved text that
helped to understand the
Egyptian hieroglyphs in 2

1822.
It presents three inscriptions:
1)in hieroglyphs of the old 3
Egypt, 2)the central in
Egyptian demotic and 3)in
ancient Greek.
Where?
In the port city of Rosetta
(Rashid in Egyptian)

Who ? When?
It was discovered by Captain
Pierre-François Bouchard on
July 15, 1799
He was a French captain
Why?
When the troops of Napoleón Bonaparte
fought against the British in Egypt.