How the rosetta stone yielded its secrets. The quest to decode hieroglyphic writing. With the same message in both hieroglyphs and greek, the. — the rosetta stone is a fragment of a larger slab erected at an egyptian temple in 196 b. c. e. , during the reign of ptolemy v, a ptolemaic king of macedonian greek ancestry. It was a stone inscribed with three different texts: Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic egyptian, and ancient greek. Franziska naether shares how scholars decoded the ancient message of the rosetta stone. [directed by tim rauch, narrated by christina greer, music by stephen larosa]. It is a known fact that between the time of the collapse of the western roman empire and the discovery of the rosetta stone in the late 18th century, there was hardly any known scholar who could read either egyptian hieroglyphic script or demotic script. — rosetta stone is an ancient egyptian stone bearing inscriptions in several languages and scripts; Their decipherment led to the understanding of hieroglyphic writing. It was found in 1799 near the town of rosetta (rashid), about 35 miles northeast of alexandria. The rosetta stone to your personal development deciphering the code of your hidden potential web — egyptologist john ray of cambridge university, the author of a new book, the rosetta stone and the rebirth of ancient egypt, explains why. Web — egyptian hieroglyphs were fully unlocked 200 years ago, when the rosetta stone was deciphered. How the rosetta stone unlocked the secrets of ancient civilizations. — between 13 october 2022 and 19 february 2023, you can see the rosetta stone alongside other objects that helped scholars decipher hieroglyphs in our special exhibition, hieroglyphs: You can also touch a replica of the rosetta stone in room 1 (the enlightenment gallery) and remotely visit it on google street view. The real ancient codebreakers. Egyptian hieroglyphs were fully unlocked 200 years ago, when the. — discovered at rosetta (raschid) in 1799, by napoleon's army, the rosetta stone proved the key to deciphering egyptian hieroglyphs.