The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous and consequential archaeological discoveries in human history, a fragmentary granodiorite stele that became the key to unlocking the long-lost language of ancient Egypt. Carved in 196 BCE during the reign of Ptolemy V Epiphanes, the stone bears a decree issued by Egyptian priests affirming the king’s divine status and generosity. What makes it extraordinary is not the content of the decree itself,
