Why was the Rosetta Stone so important? - Franziska Naether

[@ThePikachufan1]

This is still one of the coolest historical discoveries. The fact that ancient Egyptians kept just detailed record keeping combined with the fact that they wrote a text in multiple languages helped is learn so much about the history of Egyptian civilizations to the point that we have basically it's entire lineage mapped from start to end.

[@BestMods168]

The importance of diversity applied correctly.

[@kailengray2822]

How decoders decoding lost language still never cease to amaze me

[@captainzork6109]

Ye, they puzzle gods

[@iqweencold3144]

@@captainzork6109 fr

[@ReynWeird]

cryptography is fascinating and very important even beyond studying ancient texts

[@Mr.Lubbox-Lobsterlegz1]

Surprised by how loose the science behind it all is, imagine the rosette stone was lost to time then what?🤷🏽‍♂️ It makes you think about how we will never know what we don’t know it’s just a matter of chance and discovery.

[@BertWithoutErnie]

It will tell us where the last island in the grand line is

[@mynamesak]

Bro the likeness is real

[@sfguzmani]

You actually need the other 3 stones.

[@strattus99]

Is this a one piece thing?

[@cvleb777]

Ha!

[@AshVXmc]

The rosetta stone is like that one key item from a video game that unlocks knowledge of an ancient script lost to time

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Napoleon was the cheat code of history 😉👍

[@nasreensumaiya7183]

Fr

[@sator6754]

I ain't gon lie bro this gotta be the weakest comparison of all time. It's like saying "this fast car is like that one car that goes fast in a video game"

[@mynamesak]

@@sator6754lol yeah thats what I was thinking too no offense to anyone

[@sator6754]

@@mynamesak idk why but it ticks me off when people make comparisons like that

[@TheAdammantium]

I appreciate the stone carving sound effects during the animations :)

[@farleyharper1270]

Me too! I love the sound effects

[@asdfoifhvjbkaos]

0:12 today i learned the plural of papyrus is papyri

[@fajaradi1223]

I think they got it wrong Papyri = single Papyrus/Papyrwe = plural

[@asdfoifhvjbkaos]

@@fajaradi1223 just looked it up, they got it right in the video

[@Nkzta]

​@@fajaradi1223 Papyrus is singular and papyri is multiple

[@fajaradi1223]

@@Nkzta I'm kinda sad, both of you didn't get the joke

[@Nkzta]

@@fajaradi1223 oh wow that was hilarious should consider stand up comedy

[@gnoscyde]

When I was a kid we used to pay 25cents for every day we neglect to return the borrowed book from our library. The Rosetta Stone reminds me of a dictionary borrowed from a library.

[@throwaway756]

0:49 English troops soon *_stole_* the stone

[@bekind5895]

If they were from another race, they would have said stole it.

[@popnx]

Nico Robin probably would solve this

[@darlinsebastian.3229]

It was amazing when she said "The troops took the stone to the Britih Museum", what a nice surprise.

[@alainprostbis]

also quite funny to say that the French "encountered the Rosetta stone"... well, not really. They litterally discovered it. it was in the ground, below the surface. oh well...

[@stillwaterbis2203]

@@alainprostbis then the British took it and said it was theirs

[@sfguzmani]

If they didn't bring that there, it would just be destroyed and scholars across the world can never decipher the hieroplyphs. The Rosetta Stone was found as a building stone on the wall of an Egyptian Fort.

[@alainprostbis]

@@sfguzmani no. first it was discovered by the French. not the English. and from its discovery it was copied by French scholars and distributed to scholars the world over, so the message was copied and secured. and it was eventually deciphered by Champollion who was working on the copied message and not from the original Rosetta stone in Britsih museum. .And anyway why and how do you destroy this stone?

[@sfguzmani]

@@alainprostbis Suppose you had thoroughly delved into history and conducted research on this stone. In that case, you’d be aware that the Rosetta Stone tablet is about to serve as construction material for a fortification. Had it not been brought there, it would have faced destruction, leaving scholars worldwide unable to decipher the hieroglyphs.

[@Sudip-o5n]

Rosetta is one of the most greatest discovery that ancient writing styles of egypt uncover its mysterious ideas. This can be represented in both sound and picture which is another masterpiece contribution that is discovered by the scholars champolliion

[@iulaihe51299]

0:52 fun fact the british empire vandalized it not once but twice they wrote the following "CAPTURED IN EGYPT BY THE BRITISH ARMY IN 1801" on the left "PRESENTED BY KING GEORGE III" on the right drawn in white chalk then very carefully chistled onto the formerly priceless rosseta stone

[@tardlyfe3571]

You didn't mention that ancient greek was never forgotten

[@G_Kchrst]

Ancient Greek is far younger than Ancient Egyptian and it was never stopped being spoken as as the Greek culture remained alive within Rome, Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire.

[@kingace6186]

Why bother? This isn't about the relatively new Ancient Greek.

[@tardlyfe3571]

@@kingace6186 Because if you don't say they knew ancient greek then how did they know how to read the rosetta stone? They knew the words in greek and used that to figure out the egyptian

[@Dimor-pl7oy]

​@@G_Kchrst Source?

[@morgan_dunn_2117]

1:10 they say they used royal figures from the greek section as a starting point to decode the other 2 languages. Also it was mentioned that each section was a *rough* translation, so even if you know the greek it required work to translate the other languages from that.

[@UnfriendlyPlacebo]

Perfectly timing for bedtime viewing

[@ShiroTube1206]

Good night, have a nice dream!

[@Eastern1]

But it's morning

[@nickdee5764]

Or, lunchtime.

[@squishypotat0752]

Do you live in bejing or something

[@theremoteman4504]

Its 9:30 pm 👳

[@macmedia1000]

Great as always i really hope you continue History vs

[@andrewreynolds912]

Now i know where the name of my language app's from.

[@jestes7]

Fittingly that app is super outdated.

[@pointystories582]

So much so, that they named the Stone after the app. Totally true fact.

[@SnowyButterfly1]

@@pointystories582wow thats very interesting

[@ErdmanVonAlmaty]

So interesting 💡

[@Murdaking1996]

These animations are simply divine

[@cap9684]

The English intercepted it loool

[@2Teach2Know]

Intercepted = STOLE Please let’s tell the truth.

[@sofiahernandez1020]

gracias por tanto, perdón por tan poco profe vicente 🫶🏻

[@kaze987]

It is truly an incredible feeling to walk into the British Museum, and this the FIRST thing you see. Incredible

[@robynbrowne1277]

And they should return it

[@Mickyway]

​@@robynbrowne1277 no they shouldn't. The Egyptians had it for centuries and did nothing, it was British genius to use it and unlock the ancient world, we should keep it for that.

[@bobjones1999]

@@robynbrowne1277 They were the only ones who took care of the Stone. Previously, the Egyptians just disregarded the stone.

[@DeenReminder786]

​@@Mickyway if there's PS5 in your room and you don't play it Does I have the right to take it? Or can be I am just lying about u

[@artsyfoxie]

TIL why the language program I used to (unsuccessfully) learn Spanish in grade school was named after the Rosetta Stone

[@bhushanmarathe-nc9em]

They found a poneglyph😂😂😂😂

[@Everyday_Biology]

Oda was the first person to decode this lol😂

[@23e]

🎉 The Rosetta Stone was discovered by the French army in Rosetta (modern-day Rashid), Egypt, in July 1799. 2024 marks the 225th anniversary of its unearthing.

[@bubba5626]

Profe Vicente lo quiero mucho

[@MrsJudithWright]

Fascinating. You cover so much in this.

[@xantheyellow]

The jab at the british museum at the end... lol

[@ADDICTb2st]

Imagine english script right now being decoded by future humans or other species.

[@directorr9080]

I was about to close my eyes but I got notified lol

[@shadabsaleem4005]

Please make a video on palmistry

[@itacom2199]

There is a missing piece in this story: Champollion was probably the first European to guess that the liturgical language of Coptic is a descendent of Ancient Egyptian, and he took lessons of Coptic from a Coptic priest in Paris, Father John (Abuna Yuhanna).

[@antoniousai1989]

It's referred to in the video.

[@itacom2199]

@@antoniousai1989 Yes, it's true.

[@vanson7709]

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[@itacom2199]

@@vanson7709 Hi

[@markangeloquijano3295]

thank you, ted-ed

[@nibeditaroynitu226]

0:49 'Intercepted', not 'stole'! Okay! Others might destroy it instead of decoding! At least I appreciate their efforts on it, which has generated knowledge spreading till date.

[@Newdivide]

2:55 and according to accounts, he shouted, “I got it!” & fainted on the floor

[@thenovicenovelist]

Sounds like a variation of the Archimedes "Eureka" moment or the story about the first person to translate the Gilgamesh story... except with more clothing and more fainting.

[@katherineknapp4370]

This is so cool

[@justinehercthehuman]

I love that even back then, some instructions are "printed" with translations below them. And it even had multiple copies. It's like reading the label of my medicine haha.

[@DAngelChavezM]

Rosetta Stone is the pioneer of translation in Human History. Cleverly!

[@matthewjuhasz4317]

Sponsored by Rosetta Stone; learn a new language and start speaking like a native

[@nachodinos3]

Great, great video! DEVUELVAN EL MOAI

[@grantponciano9386]

The fact no one knows how the stone got there makes me imagine it as some star trek time traveling shenanigans lol

[@ezg310]

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[@matteomocci7948]

Finalmente di nuovo un video come ai bei vecchi tempi di TED-Ed!

[@gayslays]

the ending got me - it’s basically calling out the British Museum to bring back its artifacts to its original countries of origin

[@KNG-pc5qd]

Cry about it. Finders keepers.

[@Paul-A01]

Modern Egypt has about as much connection to the people who crafted the stone as you do to the ancient assyrians. The Rosetta stone is where it belongs

[@Alizudo]

The two comments above me are 100% correct, and I'm glad to actually find people who understand.

[@TheAegisClaw]

Elgin marbles to Greece would be safe, Rosetta Stone to Egypt not so much. Sorry Egyptians, but your country has been a bit volatile the last few decades.

[@alainprostbis]

@@KNG-pc5qd you did not find it you bozo. the French did. you stole it. "thieves keepers" would be more accurate...

[@Footprints1111]

6:16 numbers!!! 🦋🌈✨😊

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[@aaronjames1742]

Great museums in Britain. Visitors welcome.

[@RaixsOreh]

Great video. But they remembered to mentioned it was "pillaged" but forgot to mention that the Rosetta Stone was found as a building stone on the wall of an Egyptian Fort. The local people didnt realize what they had, the people who "pillaged" it did. Had it not been "pillaged" it probably wpuld have been destroyed as part of the wall it was put on years ago.

[@vengefulbrainiac1395]

exactly

[@FL-uj7cs]

Can I go to your house and take one of the stones in the walls? Thanks!!

[@RaixsOreh]

@@FL-uj7cs sure, you probably wont find a rosetta stone though

[@FL-uj7cs]

@@RaixsOreh we'll just have to go through them all to make sure won't we?

[@RaixsOreh]

@@FL-uj7cs wait you know what cancel that. The french at least conquered parts of egypt before getting the rosetta stone. If you're gonna get some ancient relics from my house, at least bother to conquer parts of my country first.

[@shadowgrandmaster]

The Rosetta Stone is very important. Credit goes to the French for discovering it in the first place.

[@alainprostbis]

yep. that was carefully omitted from the video...strangely...

[@anirprasadd]

The stone also had ancient greek. That language was well known among scholars across europe

[@assiddiq7360]

I decoded the last line, "And yet, the pillaged artifact remains far from its provenance today", and found out that the undisguised message is as follow: "Bruh, give it back already"

[@nandiiniixoxo]

No cuz imagine the tricky wordplay of our times and future decoders trying to decode gyatt 😭

[@jarekwrzosek2048]

You forgot to mention the fact, that Champollion was an immense linguistic genius, speaking not only Coptic, but many other Eastern languages, including Hebrew, Sanskrit and Chinese. He also learned to read all by himself at the age of 5 years old.

[@prasanth2601]

5 years old?? You gotta be kidding me.

[@evehnkadusale7679]

@@prasanth2601bro don't ruin the dramatic effect

[@jarekwrzosek2048]

@@prasanth2601 Nope, that's true, dude was an absolute genius, he studied chinese grammatics just for fun! His biography is incredible.

[@AVGNfan01]

It would be cool to see Wirtual host a documentary on this

[@MUCKLEECH]

That "pillaged artifact" is probably in the safest place possible...

[@AMS97PS3]

"Pillaged Artefact" - It was literally found in a pile of rubble to be fair, the Egyptians didn't see it as an artefact, they saw it as building material...

[@henrylivingstone2800]

Actually that’s not true. It was found as part of a retaining wall in the fortress Rashid renamed the fortress Julien by the French. And the fortress wasn’t built by the Egyptians it was built by the ottomans who had conquered Egypt in the 16th century. So it was built by a foreign invader. And the ottomans didn’t really care about ancient artifacts based on their treatment of the Parthenon frieze in Greece and the palace of Ashurbanipal in Iraq.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Except that until France troops arrived they were seen as kafir artifacts and the Egyptians muslims that are not related to the ancient Egyptians even tried to destroy the pyramids and these artifacts many times in the past @@henrylivingstone2800

[@HIFLY01]

​@@henrylivingstone2800so it was liberated not pillaged

[@AMS97PS3]

@@henrylivingstone2800 The Ottomans ruled Egypt for 300 years and ruled Greece for 600 years. By the time of the French/British coming to these respective places they'd been the rightful authority in these lands for longer than anyone could remember - it's difficult to argue that the ottomans didn't have the right to sell off the Elgin Marbles or whatever else was within their territory if they wanted. As for the rosetta stone, I might have heard the story slightly changed but the essence is the same, it was still deemed to be building material.

[@henrylivingstone2800]

@@AMS97PS3 I agree with parts of that I was just presenting the facts. But unlike the Rosetta Stone, the legal argument for the Elgin marbles is a lot more tenuous. Lord Elgin claims to have received permission from the sultan himself and presented a documented known as a firman to parliament. However no such firman was ever issued by the sultan or his vizier the only two people who could’ve approved sale of state property. This is despite the fact that the ottomans were avid recorders and preserved vast records for state matters. No such firman resembling the lister presented by Elgin has been found in Topkapi palace or any other administrative ottoman offices, it is likely it was not a firman from the sultan or was just an approval from the ottoman governor in Greece which would not allowed Elgin to remove the Parthenon frieze. The ottomans have issued firmans for the removal of artifacts such as when they approved the removal of panels from the palace of Ashurbanipal in Iraq by English archaeologist Sir Austen Henry Layard but no such firman was issued for Elgin. And even in the alleged firman Elgin provided which is in Italian instead of English or Ottoman Turkish, it doesn’t permit Elgin to remove the statues in the east pediment in the Parthenon. It actually states that he was permitted to remove “various stones strewn upon the ground which depict small inscriptions and images”. It is likely that Elgin was only permitted to remove fallen columns and debris from the grounds surrounding the Parthenon not the Parthenon itself. By the 18 the century the ground sir the acropolis were littered with ancient remnants of the various temples since the Parthenon was blown up by venetians in 1570 in the ottoman Venetian war. So it’s likely Elgin was on,y supposed to take the remnants not the Parthenon itself. And he wasn’t stopped by local authorities because he resorted to bribing local officials. Elgin’s own contractor, an Italian, noted that Elgin spent half the budget for the excavation bringing ottoman and local officials.

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

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[@wolfgar_m9389]

Why are the great pyramids located in Egypt? - because the British concluded they were too big to fit into the British Museum.

[@billvanhausen]

Uhhh... 1858 wouldn't be considered the "early eighteen fifties."

[@refigee8752]

I really want to believe that if the British had the sense of mind to consult the then locals, they could have had a much better chance of deciphering the stone. Entire cultures and customs dont just vanish into thin air, oral history keeps them alive, often in small nuclear families or closely knit communities.

[@kapasian9009]

But not for two thousands years. Two thousands years when nobody was not only speaking, but even doing a liturgy in these languages. Especially when a vast part if the culture was eliminated by the Arab invasion.

[@8XHuXBgkok]

So yes, the Rosetta Stone was basically stolen from Egypt. It is interesting to wonder if hieroglyphs would have been deciphered at all if the British and French had not pillaged Egypt. It's one of the greatest ironies of history and archaeology. I do not mean to justify imperialism, but the locals do not always value the stuff lying around them as much as the foreigners do.

[@surabhifilms1430]

Imperialism and academia are quite separate. You wouldn't sacrifice your loved one to know the inner working of human body. The discussion is not about the whether or not it was wrong but about acknowledgement of the wrongs. Also study of artifacts is always a part of a developing civilization. Same research would have happened down the line if these communities were left alone and were given a chance to develop.

[@Obataislam]

//but the locals do not always value the stuff lying around them as much as the foreigners do.// Several Arab scholars in the seventh through fourteenth centuries, including Jabir ibn Hayyan and Ayub ibn Maslama, are said to have understood hieroglyphs - El-Daly, Okasha (2005). Egyptology: The Missing Millennium

[@honor9lite1337]

​@@ObataislamBut how do we know they really understand it?

[@alainprostbis]

the French did not pillaged Egypt and in particular the Rosetta stone. they discovered the Rosetta stone and brought it to Cairo where they had founded a museum. what a load of BS to make the French and the Brits in the same basket. also without the Brits, the stone was discovered and the hyeroglyphs deciphered anyway. so to answer your question, yes egyptology would have been founded without the Brits. no doubt about that.

[@woolsheepthree]

​@@honor9lite1337we don't

[@Adamsterdam00]

It's crazy how those dudes two centuries ago were able to decode those funky texts without the use of modern tech!

[@antoniousai1989]

ROFL, modern tech exists because people studied linguistics for millennia.

[@WeenkerIV]

Lol

[@Crisis-xw3wg]

@@antoniousai1989ancient people had twitter , Instagram and videos games too?🤔

[@r.a.v.a.3843]

A video of how the Maya script was decoded would be awesome 🎉

[@westonwadsworth8177]

That would “intercept” is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Also not found by an officer but by stone masons.

[@JustMe-vz3wd]

We owe so much to these early English explorers who salvaged historical items from destruction and robbery and spend lifetimes in studying these artefacts. A labor of sheer love and passion for knowledge. There should be statues erected of these Englisg men in Egyptian cities. Without the west, it all would be robbed destroyed and never understood.

[@MeganeMondeoMX5]

Rosetta Stone to me is the language learning tool... Now I am learning there is another one 😂

[@keltonm8678]

Why did you use "was" in the title? Isn't the Rosetta Stone still important?

[@derkaiser420]

Imagine forgetting your entire language because of religious invaders who thought it was heresy only to find out people who conquered your nation before made sure to write it down which saved your culture.

[@antoniousai1989]

Hieroglyphs weren't in Coptic Demotic, so your point is meaningless.

[@frontman-ij3wv]

I thought Rosetta is a emulator from x86 to arm

[@keopsps3474]

The pillaged artifact THANKFULLY remains far from it. I would rather see it as a carefully preserved piece of history than as a destroyed artifact

[@cru3her608]

1:02 french names are just too funny

[@mahlataban686]

Love❤❤❤

[@23e]

Rosetta Stone 1799

[@dishachhillar719]

I am a big fan of egyptian history ❤ from India 🇮🇳 ... And I really wish that I get the chance to visit Egypt some day and explore it by myself 💕

[@antoniousai1989]

Good luck!

[@dishachhillar719]

​@@antoniousai1989 Thank you so much

[@imsoserious90]

Mentioning ramsis and automatically thought of Moses' half brother. So the book of exodus in the bible is true ❤

[@electromika]

Haven't watched one of these in a while. The illustrations are particularly good in this one. Thank you to your illustrator(s).

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

paaper or cotton scroll?

[@khi_wick]

gracias ted-ed

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Same here

[@HIFLY01]

You say it was pillaged when it was just a rock sitting there. Europeans took it and realized how important it was. Like casting away a bottle cap that says you won the lottery. Wasn't worth anything until someone realized what it was

[@Pantograph_1]

exactly, so many artifacts like the Rosetta stone would've been lost to history or simply destroyed (ISIS or the Taliban) were they not saved and preserved in the British museum.

[@PiperLadow]

What about the Ether

[@karincrane3220]

The Rosetta Stone was not “pillaged.” It was rescued. As was a common practice the world over, Egyptian locals in 1799 were using the old stone as part of their new building project. If that French officer had not intervened it would probably be in a hundred pieces by now. And the Egyptians had not been able to read hieroglyphs for over 1,000 years. The Europeans, by saving and translating the Rosetta Stone, gave the Egyptians their history back. Should the British give the stone back? Maybe. Probably. But a little gratitude would be nice.

[@starsose5833]

Yay i'm early!!! 😂 love your vids as always ted ed ❤

[@masham7197]

The end of the video: most of the things we see as amazing artifacts wouldn’t exist anymore if people hadn’t “stolen” them (or in a lot of cases, seen their value and preserved them).

[@shriyaraina1471]

Hey man. Don't try to justify the British museum. Not worth it

[@DEVRIMCI2007]

@@shriyaraina1471 Do You think a bunch of Arabs were going to decipher the languages on the Rosetta Stone in the 19th century? In Islam statues and old relics are considered Haram.

[@shriyaraina1471]

@@DEVRIMCI2007 you think only white people would've done that? Do you think people everywhere in egypt were that rigid about their religion? Do you think everyone follows it to a T? Idk what you're trying to imply but the British museum didn't do the world a favor by stealing other nations' property while they had the people of said nations enslaved

[@DEVRIMCI2007]

@@shriyaraina1471 get your facts corrected, Egypt was conquered by the Turks, a barbaric Muslim empire that stole Egypt's raw materials and its agriculture. Turks called Egypt "Corn" for a reason, because they exploited it resources. Second, why didn't the Turks who also happened to be white, did not decode Rosette Stone? And why it took the white people of west Europe to do it, after Napoleon defeated the Turks in Egypt?

[@evanrosman9226]

I remember hearing about the Rosetta Stone in high school.

[@aniketmore8236]

Wish there was a Rosetta stone for Indus valley Civilization Script.

[@Ibrahim911s]

England is supposed to give it to Egypt because this stone was stolen and sold without any right by the French campaign, and it belongs to Egypt.

[@SamsonSanusi]

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[@pbjmochi8400]

🙏 Here's hoping we find a Rosetta Stones for Linear A, the Indus Script, and other writing systems lost to time.

[@J-nr2sv]

And who made this stone?

[@antoniousai1989]

The "government" at the time of Ptolomy

[@Baxtexx]

Aliens

[@sfguzmani]

Kozuki clan

[@caimoychristianjohn8783]

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[@luukheidelberg1201]

If I see a single TOOL reference I will eat my lateralus vinyl

[@quadtoe]

human history is so interesting

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[@Pedrosa2541]

I would love they found a Rosetta Stone of Rongorongo or Linear A, but I guess the chances are dim, mainly for the second one.

[@hanve]

❤❤❤

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Imagine if this was a long ploy to get us on the Rosetta Stone App.

[@Mgh-r]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank you ❤❤❤❤❤

[@alternateguitar7779]

Who immediately remembered that Tool song?

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

imperial silk fabric that kind if

[@Sinyal_Ilahi]

One Piece's Poneglyph

[@doriancoreyscloset421]

"Intercept" It amazes me just how much energy goes into talking about Europeans without saying the word "steal" 😅

[@alainprostbis]

the English stole it. not the Europeans. Please be more specific. the video also said the "French encountered the Rosetta stone". while in reality the French discovered it (it was in the ground , below the surface), and brought it to Cairo where they had created a museum dedicated to antiquity. so the Europeans as a whole did not steal this stone.

[@doriancoreyscloset421]

@alainprostbis is "English" not European? Does France not have a history of colonialism? They may not have taken the object in question, but that in no way negates their deplorable history of theft and depravity. Learn history, please.

[@alainprostbis]

@@doriancoreyscloset421 having lived years in England i can tell you they do not consider themselves Europeans, so you are in the wrong. if you want to complain about the rosetta stone being stolen, please address yourselves to the "thieves" and be specific. now concerning the history of France being "deplorable", this is an idiotic statement. you are grasping at straws desperately trying to be antifrench . anything goes... there is nothing deplorable in finding an artefact in the ground, unearthing it, sending it to Cairo, and eventually deciphering it, unlocking millenia of written human history. what is your country of origin so i can reproach you something based on some weaponization of history? id like to play too...sounds like fun. but let me warn you. there is not a people on earth that cannot be reproached something at one point. reproaching something about what their ancestors may have done is the level zero of reasonning and of justice. you are only responsible of what you do. reproaching the British museum of still owning the Rosetta stone is obviously different as it is still going on and something can be done. oh well...its easier diverting the matter towards "Europeans " iunderstand...let me guess youre either australian or American. if this is the case there are quite a few massacres and horrible things that happened in the history of these countries...

[@alainprostbis]

@@doriancoreyscloset421 the English do not consider themselves as europeans, in case you did not know. ,. and what does colonianism have to do with the rosetta stone and France? the Rosetta stone was discovered in Rosettte (Al Rachid) by a french officer and the French brought it to Cairo. stick to the facts please. a french scholar, champollion, eventually deciphered the hieroglyphs. this is not a case of annihilating a local culture but quite the opposite.

[@robowisanveithasung6022]

@@alainprostbis why do they not consider themselves European? UK (including England) is located in Europe. that's like Chinese people refusing to consider themselves Asian