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How has the Rosetta Stone helped historians to understand Egypt's past?

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Napoleon Bonapart and his army discovered it, and it showed writing that was never recognized by others called hieroglyphics. It was a different type of writing that Napoleon himself didn't understand. But it taught them more about Kings and Queens and about past civilizations.
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