Top 20 most fascinating archeology finds of all time
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The Rosetta Stone: The Codebreaker
The key that unlocked the lost language of the pharaohs.
Found by French soldiers in 1799, this slab of rock is inscribed with the same decree in three scripts: Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Ancient Greek. Because Greek was understood, scholars could finally decipher the mysterious Egyptian hieroglyphs. This single stone opened the door to understanding 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian history.
