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Rosetta stone
noun
- a stone slab, found in 1799 near Rosetta, bearing parallel inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphic, and demotic characters, making possible the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
- a clue, breakthrough, or discovery that provides crucial knowledge for the solving of a puzzle or problem.
Rosetta stone
noun
- a basalt slab discovered in 1799 at Rosetta, dating to the reign of Ptolemy V (196 bc ) and carved with parallel inscriptions in Egyptian hieroglyphics, demotic characters, and Greek, which provided the key to the decipherment of ancient Egyptian texts
Rosetta stone
- A stone discovered in Egypt (see also Egypt ) in the late eighteenth century, inscribed with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and a translation of them in Greek. The stone proved to be the key to understanding Egyptian writing.
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A “Rosetta stone” is the key to understanding a complex problem.
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"Eugenics is the Rosetta Stone for so much of Trump’s agenda," noted political scientist Omar Wasow on Bluesky Monday.
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The British Museum - which holds items including the Rosetta Stone, the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo and the contested Parthenon Sculptures - sees millions of people go through its doors each year to see the permanent collections and exhibitions.
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There's also no bilingual artefact like the Rosetta Stone, which helped scholars decode Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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What registers on her face as she lists each disliked item is a baseline, a Rosetta Stone.
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It really was like finding the Rosetta Stone of my life.
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