The discovery of the Rosetta Stone
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone
The facts
| Dates | AD 1799 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
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The discovery of the Rosetta Stone falls 5803 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The Industrial RevolutionAD 1760 – AD 1840The establishment of the United States Postal ServiceAD 1775The American Declaration of IndependenceAD 1776The invention of the cotton ginAD 1793The publication of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species”AD 1859The first transcontinental telegraph messageAD 1861The completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the U.SAD 1869The establishment of Yellowstone National Park in the U.SAD 1872
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