Who discovered the Rosetta stone? I heard it was a french soldier. Is that true?

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∻Answer∻ ⚹ The Rosetta Stone was indeed discovered by a French soldier. ⚹ ∻Key Concept∻ ⚹ The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC. ⚹ ∻Explanation∻ ⚹ The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 by a French soldier named Pierre-François Bouchard during the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt. It was found near the town of Rosetta (Rashid), which is located in the Nile Delta. The stone features a decree written in three scripts: Greek, Demotic, and Hieroglyphic, which eventually allowed scholars, most notably Jean-François Champollion, to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. This discovery was pivotal in the field of Egyptology. ⚹◊What impact did the discovery of the Rosetta Stone have on the decipherment of hieroglyphics in Ancient Egypt?⍭ Generate me a similar question◊

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