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The Rosetta Stone

In Our Time: Culture

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The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum

The rosetta stone was found by napoleon's troops in egypt in 17 99. The ptolemaic dynasty is of macedonian descent, and they're essentially a greek speaking culture who are ruling egypt. And the use of different languages is because it's all about negotiating the power balance between these sort of competing spheresi A pretty multicultural society.

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