IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that in 1799, a French soldier discovered the Rosetta Stone, whose Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic texts made ancient Egypt readable again.www.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down13
arrow-up1173arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1799, a French soldier discovered the Rosetta Stone, whose Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic texts made ancient Egypt readable again.www.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoI love reading about the bronze age, but I didn’t know it was a French soldier that found it or that it was early as 1799. I expected it was much later, by some explorer.
I love reading about the bronze age, but I didn’t know it was a French soldier that found it or that it was early as 1799. I expected it was much later, by some explorer.