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Why the Rosetta Stone is so important to Egypt and Egyptian history
Of the hundreds of thousands of artifacts that have been unearthed so far across Egypt, none is as important to Egyptian history and Egyptian cultural identity as the Rosetta Stone. This one artifact unlocked virtually all of Egyptian history for scholars and the world by enabling the translation of thousands of years of the country's history that had been hidden in plain sight for over 1400 years, seemingly everywhere yet completely unreadable until a young French linguist experienced his "aha moment" and brought an ancient civilization's story back to life.
