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Exclusive to the British Museum, an 800-piece jigsaw puzzle inspired by the Rosetta Stone. The jigsaw pieces have been printed to replicate the grey colour and texture of the Rosetta Stone as seen on the back of the box. Soldiers in Napoleon's army discovered the Rosetta Stone in 1799 while digging the foundations of an addition to a fort near the town of el-Rashid (Rosetta). Exhibited in the British Museum since 1802, the Rosetta Stone was the key to unlocking the ability to read and translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. The Stone contains the same decree in three different scripts, and scholars were able to use the Greek and Egyptian Demotic sections to decipher the ancient hieroglyphs. The text contains a decree passed by priests in 196 BC to honour King Ptolemy V for his services to Egypt. 800 Pieces,. Ephemera. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Boxed Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Rosetta Stone. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, livres rares, out-of-print books, out of print books and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |