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Marking 200 years of the Rosetta Stone translation

Two hundred years ago a French linguist announced he had become the first person to translate the Egyptian hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone.

Two hundred years ago a French linguist announced he had become the first person to translate the Egyptian hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone. We mark the anniversary with Salima Ikram, Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo.

Also in the programme: Al-Shabab on the backfoot in Somalia; We visit a retrospective of Burkinabe filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo in London

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Wed 28 Sep 2022 19:06GMT
麻豆社 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

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