The Story of the Rosetta Stone—How it was found by the French and passed into possession of Great Britain—The puzzling picture writing of the ancient Egyptians which no one could read—The English medical man, Dr. T. Young, who began to tear the secret from the Rosetta Stone, and the astounding work of François Champollion, who built up the first hieroglyphic dictionary 1 The Ruins of Egypt—Men who are using their eyes to bring back to us the glories of the past—Papyrus, the paper of olden times, and how it was made—Bits of pottery worth their weight in gold; how they act as calendars—The cleverness of native thieves 12…
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