As the French soldier dug in the desert sand reinforcing the defenses of his army rsquo s encampment he had no idea he would make a momentous discovery Moving another shovel-full of sand he saw a stone Not just any stone The Rosetta Stone containing laws and governance from King Ptolemy V written in three languages That stone now housed in the British Museum would be one of the most important archaeological finds of the nineteenth century helping to unlock the mysteries of the ancient Egyptian writing known as hieroglyphics For many of us much of Scripture is also wrapped
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