History | Ancient History on Instagram: "The discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799 transformed archaeology forever by unlocking the meaning of ancient Egyptian writing and opening a direct window into a lost civilization. Inscribed with the same text in three scripts—Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphs—the stone allowed scholars to finally compare a known language with one that had remained mysterious for centuries. When Jean-François Champollion successfully deciphered hieroglyphs in 1822, it revo