Jean-Francois Champollion translated this archaeological find.
Dead Sea scrolls
Rosetta Stone
Cleopatra’s Needle Obelisk
Riddle of the Sphinx
Rosetta Stone, found in 1799 by Napoleon’s soldiers while rebuilding a fort at the small village of Rosetta (Rashid) in the Nile Delta of Egypt. Champollion published his translation in 1822, providing archaeologists with a guide for translating ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.