What are your reactions on the decipherment of the Roseta Stone

Question

What are your reactions on the decipherment of the Roseta Stone

Answer 1

My reactions?

Well, I can't imagine a MORE important event of historical importance.....ever.

It opened a locked door in history that had been denied us.

Having the information open to us allowed many other discoveries, of events, locations, histories of specific people, battles, every day life, you name it.

The deciphering of the Rosetta Stone was as important a historical event as the events hidden within the ancient writings.

Answer 2

When Champollian (Jean-Francois) deciphered the Rosetta Stone it was the intellectual triumph of the age. His achievement lead directly to Egyptology, as we know it today, and returned to life a civilization in its glory.