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The Rosetta Stone is a black granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree by King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The decree, written in  54 lines of Greek, 32 lines of ...

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The Rosetta Stone contained text in three different languages. At the top are hieroglyphs , also known as ``sacred letters,'' used in ancient Egypt. It is mainly hieroglyphics.