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I know that Jean-Francois Champollion translated hieroglyphics maybe sometime in the 1820s.

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What did an officer of Napoleon's engineering corps discover in Egypt?

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yes. It was translated by Jean Francois Champollion in 1822. The Rosetta Stone was found by french soldiers when they were rebuilding a fort in Egypt.


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What is importance of the Rosetta stone?

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Where can someone get a free Rosetta Stone course?

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