Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - rosetta stone
Rosetta stone
rosetta stone
n. a key to previously unattainable understanding. Etymology: a stone found near Rosetta in Egypt, with a trilingual inscription of the 2nd c. BC in Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic, and Greek, important in the decipherment of hieroglyphs
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noun Etymology: Rosetta, Egyptian Date: 1822 a black basalt stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics, demotic characters, and Greek and is celebrated for having given the first clue to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics, one that gives a clue to understanding ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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