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Rosetta Stone

DEFINITIONS OF: Rosetta Stone

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n a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics

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stela, stele
an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
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