One Minute History
089 Rosetta Stone - One Minute History
1799 - During Napoleon’s campaign into Egypt, one of his officers discovers an unusual stone in the masonry of Fort Julien. Further inspection reveals that the granite slab contains ancient bilingual inscriptions and may offer the...
60 Second Histories
The Rosetta Stone
This short history video explains what the Rosetta Stone is; its discovery and why it was important in helping scholars discover the meaning of the Egyptian hieroglyphics.
One Minute History
Rosetta Stone - Artifacts Unlocked - One Minute History
1799 - During Napoleon’s campaign into Egypt, one of his officers discovers an unusual stone in the masonry of Fort Julien. Further inspection reveals that the granite slab contains ancient bilingual inscriptions and may offer the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Journey Into Information Theory: Ancient History: The Alphabet
History of the Alphabet. This video introduces the Hieroglyphic, Cuneiform, Hieratic, Demotic & Phoenician writing systems.