Ancient Mysteries

Ancient Mysteries - Season 3 Episode 26 The Rosetta Stone

1998-08-17 , 45 minutes.
7.44 9 votes

Season - Episode

5 Season 5 Aug 07, 1997
4 Season 4 Sep 05, 1996
3 Season 3 Jan 01, 1970
2 Season 2 Jan 01, 1970
1 Season 1 Jan 07, 1994
0 Season 0 Jul 17, 1997

Overview

For thousands of years, the rich history of ancient Egypt was sealed off from the world, a mystery obscured by the pictorial language of hieroglyphics. But in 1799, the breakthrough needed to decipher the hieroglyphs was accidentally discovered. The Rosetta Stone -- a cryptic, black stone tabled -- held the key to knowledge of ancient Egypt. Yet it could not be translated until 1822, twenty-three years after the discovery, when its meaning was finally revealed by Francois Champollion, a young French scholar. Ancient Mysteries explores his struggle to decipher the Rosetta Stone and the glorious secrets it uncovered.

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