The Rosetta Stone is widely considered one of archaeology's most significant finds. A decree from Egyptian Pharaoh Ptolemy V carved in 196 BCE, the stone is inscribed with three distinct languages ...

In 1799, a French soldier found and seized a precious stone tablet during Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion of Egypt. Taken from a fort near the town of Rosetta, this inscribed slab, now widely known as ...

We've all heard of the Rosetta Stone, either the language-learning software or the stone itself. But how much do you really ...

The stone tablet made of a granite-like igneous rock, just 112 centimeters high and 75.7 centimeters (44 x 30 inches) wide, turned out to be a fragment of a much larger ancient stele. But what did ...

In effect, the tablets are similar to the famous Rosetta Stone, which had an inscription in one known language (ancient Greek) in parallel with two unknown written ancient Egyptian scripts ...

Archeologists in Spain have recently uncovered an ancient rock slab with an alphabet inscribed that predates the Rosetta Stone by roughly 400 years. The discovery in southwest Spain is believed to ...

Staring at a jumble of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs that had been indecipherable for more than 1,400 years, ... including the Rosetta Stone as Bouchard's tablet became known. ...

Ancient Tablet Etched With Mysterious Language Found in Georgia. Mike McRae. Mon, ... significant discoveries acting as some kind of Rosetta Stone are vital for linking the known with the unknown.

People calling for the repatriation of the ancient tablet and other items say the continued display of the objects in European institutions ignores a history of colonialist looting and exploitation.

A stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments that was carved anywhere between 300 to 800 A.D. will go on the block at Sotheby’s next week, the auction house said.