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TIL most people think the Rosetta Stone was found in a tomb, nope it was a wall in a fort.
I was chatting with a buddy who does construction too, and he mentioned the Rosetta Stone was this big dramatic tomb find. I had to correct him because I remember reading it was literally used as building material in a fort near Rashid (Rosetta) back in 1799. A French soldier just spotted it while digging foundations. It bugs me how movies and stuff always make it sound like a grand discovery, when it was basically a reused chunk of wall. Why do you think that myth sticks around so much?
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miaa417d ago
Huh, you know what, I always pictured a tomb too but this makes way more sense honestly.
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Wait, a French soldier just found it digging a foundation? That's insane. I always pictured some dusty archaeologist in a tomb, not a guy trying to put in a support wall.
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