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The Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone was found in Egypt by Napoleon's invading army in the early 1800s. A French linguist named Champollion (sp?. It was covered in three blocks of writing-Greek, Latin and hieroglyphics.He realized that by translating the Latin and Greek on the stone, he could tell what the hieroglyphics meant. It was the key to unlocking the history of ancient Egypt.

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