Definition Of Rosetta Stone. In the british museum in london there are fabulous treasures of antiquity. 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

‘if there is a rosetta stone for deciphering edwards' bold decision to seek the presidency and abandon the senate after a single term on capitol hill, it is embedded in the way he has. The upper text is ancient egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion demotic script, and the lowest ancient greek.because it presents essentially the same text in all three scripts (with some minor. This large stone slab is, without a doubt , one of the most important archaeological remains of ancient egypt.

Paleolithic Old Stone Age. The neolithic era (or new stone age ) began around 10,000 bc and ended between 4500 and 2000 bc in various parts of the world. The age is called the paleolithic or the old stone age (palaoo=old, litbes=stone) because during this period man fashioned his tools and weapons from stones and again because stones tell us the history of this distant past.

The neolithic era (or new stone age) began around 10,000 bc and ended between 4500 and 2000 bc in various parts of the world. Why do we call this time in history the stone age? Paleolithic period (old stone age) the palaeolithic era was the most complicated of the stone age periods.