2024-07-15 Mon

The Rosetta Stone, inscribed in 196 BC, was rediscovered in 1799 by French soldiers in Egypt. It is now housed in the British Museum in London.

The Egyptian stone stele contains three versions of a decree: in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Ancient Greek. The Greek version was translated into English in 1803, leading to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics by Jean-François Champollion in 1822.

Country: Egypt

Date of Issue: 16th October 1972

Size: 50 x 30 mm

Watermark: Eagle Multiple(Up)

Emission: Air Post

Perforation: comb11½

Printing: Photogravure

Face Value: 110 M - Egyptian millieme