Rosetta Stone
Syllabification: (Ro·set·ta Stone)
Pronunciation: /rōˈzetə/
Definition of Rosetta Stone
- an inscribed stone found near Rosetta on the western mouth of the Nile in 1799. Its text is written in three scripts: hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek. The deciphering of the hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion in 1822 led to the interpretation of many other early records of Egyptian civilization.