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jan 1, 197 BC - ROSETTA STONE

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The Rosetta Stone is an Ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. There’s three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek.

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jan 1, 197 BC
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~ 2224 years ago

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