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Detailed Synonyms for Rosetta Stone in English
Rosetta Stone:
Rosetta Stone [the ~] noun
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the Rosetta Stone
– a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics 1the Rosetta Stone– a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics 1