File:The Rosetta Stone.jpg

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English: A photo of the Rosetta Stone taken from the book The Rosetta Stone (1922), a short work describing the history of the stone and how it was translated. The book was made by and sold in the British Museum for sixpence.
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Source https://archive.org/details/rosettastone00budgrich/page/n5/mode/2up
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Book: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis (1857-1934)

Photo: Donald Macbeth

Book author bio at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG62010

Photographer bio at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG84633

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Photo of the Rosetta Stone, from the book The Rosetta Stone (1922) sold at the British Museum

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17 February 1922Gregorian

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