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French Soldiers Find

In 1799, French soldiers were on an expedition with the infamous Napoleon in Egypt. At the time, Europe, and particularly France was experiencing a burst of “Egyptomania” where people were particularly obsessed with the ancient culture. While the men attempted to knock down walls to build a fort, they came across an astounding find. They certainly didn’t think they would find something like they did. The men found, what is now called “The Rosetta Stone” which is completely invaluable within the linguistic world. The find gave historians the ability to finally decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics. The stone has the exact same text in three different languages which allowed scholars to understand hieroglyphics for the very first time.