The Rosetta Stone carries the same decree written in hieroglyphs, Demotic and ancient Greek.
Why it is true
The text is a decree from 196 BC honouring the pharaoh Ptolemy V. Because Greek could be read, the stone became the key to hieroglyphs, which the Frenchman Jean-François Champollion deciphered in 1822. It is in the British Museum in London.
Source: British Museum
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