IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 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-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up14
arrow-up14external-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 · 5 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 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.