Jul 20, 2023

July 1799: The Rosetta Stone is found

The Rosetta Stone; photograph © Hans Hillewaert; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosetta_Stone.JPG

224 years ago on July 19, 1799, history was made by Napoleon Bonaparte's troops when the Rosetta Stone was found. Rightfully so, Egypt wants its antiquity back, and This Day In History tells us all about it.

But you know, the Rosetta Stone, which made possible the translation of cuneiform writing, has turned up on JCAstro previously along with a few notes concerning the intriguing Rosetta pattern in Astrology.

For more details, try The Rosetta Stone and Astrology's Rosetta Pattern, video included.

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