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OTD in 1799, during Napoleon's Egypt campaign and while digging a foundation in the Nile Delta, his soldiers stumbled upon the Rosetta Stone, which apparently had been built into an old wall. The officer in charge realized the discovery's importance. https://t.co/jxWlvhQdLo 1/3 https://t.co/diL3awqtMM — PolitiTweet.org