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15 Solid Facts About the Rosetta Stone

Found on July 15, 1799, by French soldiers on a mission in Egypt, the Rosetta Stone was a most fortunate find. The stone’s ...
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Egyptian hieroglyphs as signs, symbols and gods

Extracted from: Visible religion (Leiden) 4 (5) 1985-1986, pages 63-72. The ancient Egyptian writing system is at once pictorial, phonetic and symbolic. The number of hieroglyphic symbols are thought ...