This covere, probably a bit of euphemism, was taken by the french. It ended up in the british museum through a slightly circuitous route. The fact that it had the same decree in three different scripts was what enabled scholars to use it as the key to deciphering hieroglyphics and therefore unlocking egyptian history. But now the egyptians want it back.
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