This video is really cool. It’s a curator talking about what is on the stone and why. They were supposed to be put in every temple in Egypt and were done so for many years, which is why so many have been discovered since the original famous one.

  • @Paraponera_clavata
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    1721 days ago

    Do we know what they were called in their time (obvs not Rosetta)?

    • @kautau
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      2321 days ago

      Rosetta Stone 3.4.5 ~ Language Learning [PC ~ Multi]

      /s of course

    • Flying SquidOP
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      1020 days ago

      I don’t think we do, but my guess was it would be something very simple like “Pharaoh Ptolemy’s temple decree” since it was supposed to be in every temple of every size.

    • @[email protected]
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      421 days ago

      It may not have had one for all we know, it’s named after the modern town is was discovered in