34 [Egypt Wants the Rosetta Stone back] It was eventually used as building material, before Pierre-François Bouchard found it... posted 1 year ago by ukulele 1 year ago by ukulele +34 / -0 They really treasured it... 28 comments share 28 comments share save hide report block hide replies
To be fair, modern Egypt is a lot better at preserving artifacts. They know that having the Rosetta Stone means tourist money in the bank, otherwise they probably wouldn't have bothered to ask for it back.