How Did Antiquities Registration Egyptian Centre Celebrate 200th Anniv. Ersary of Rosetta Stone?

Dr. Hisham El-Leithi, Head of the Antiquities Registration Egyptian Center said that Khaled Al-Anani the former Minister of Antiquities decided to commemorate images of monuments of the 19th century under the title of "Egyptian Antiquities in the 19th Century."

In an exclusive interview with Sada ElBalad English (SEE), El-Leithi added that Al-Anani made this decision to remind the Egyptians how the monuments look in the 19th century.

Dr. Hisham El-Leithi, Head of the Antiquities Registration Egyptian Center in an interview with Sada ElBalad English (SEE)

The Head of the Antiquities Registration Egyptian Center pointed out that the Rosetta Stone was discovered on July 15, 1799, in Bey Citadel and in 1800, The French took it.

He said: "In 1882, the stone was taken to the British Museum until this day. The scripts written on the Rosetta stone are the Ancient Egyptian Language and the Greek language."

He noted that all the points above made the Rosetta Stone more valuable than other stones, as it was not the only stone that has a script written on it.

"Jean-François Champollion, a french philologist decided to decipher the scripts on the stone which took him a long period of time."

According to El-Leithi, on September 27, 1922, Champollion managed to decipher all the symbols written on the stone.

Dr. Hisham El-Leithi, Head of the Antiquities Registration Egyptian Center in an interview with Sada ElBalad English (SEE)

"There are four valuable Antiquities stolen from Egypt, which includes the Rosetta Stone, the head of Nefertiti, and the statue of Ramses II."

He explained that Dr. Zahi Hawass was the first one who sought to return the stolen Antiquities. "The British Museum and the Berlin museum refused to return the stolen ones."