# Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Franziska Naether
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Languages and linguistics, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/franziska_naether_why_was_the_rosetta_stone_so_important)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

For centuries, scholars puzzled over the hieroglyphs they found carved onto ancient Egyptian ruins, tablets, and papyri. But in 1799, a unique discovery would finally help unlock their meaning. It was a stone inscribed with three different texts: Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Demotic Egyptian, and Ancient Greek. Franziska Naether shares how scholars decoded the ancient message of the Rosetta Stone. \[Directed by Tim Rauch, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Stephen LaRosa\].

## Lectures

1. [Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/franziska_naether_why_was_the_rosetta_stone_so_important/c214b2b8602b), 5 min (TED's player)