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This picture taken on July 23, 2022 shows a view of the Rosetta Stone at the British Museum in London. - The Rosetta Stone a basalt slab dating from 196 BC which bore extracts of a decree written in Ancient Greek, an ancient Egyptian vernacular script called Demotic, and hieroglyphics has been housed in the British Museum since 1802. The three scripts finally provided the code for unlocking the mysteries of hieroglyphs which had bedevilled historians for centuries. But the stone is on display with an explanation that it was "captured in Egypt by the British Army in 1801" from Napoleonic forces and was "presented by King George III" to the museum. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (Photo by Amir MAKAR / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (Photo by AMIR MAKAR/AFP via Getty Images)