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Archaeologists have found traces of the battle that was described on the famous Rosetta stone
Scientists have discovered that a geological layer at the site of the ancient city of Tell El-Timai in Egypt bears traces of destruction and a major battle. The findings match the description that appeared on the famous Rosetta stone.
Thmuis, or Tell El-Timai in Arabic, is an ancient Egyptian city that was located in the Nile Delta region. Only the ruins of this settlement remain today, having been almost completely destroyed during the so-called Great Revolt, which lasted from 205–186 BC. It was the uprising of the Egyptian people against the Greek regime that sparked the conquest of Egypt (then ruled by the Persians) by Alexander of Macedon in 333–332 BC.
The Rosetta Stone describes the events of the Great Revolt of the Egyptians
The Great Revolt of the Egyptians has been described in several historical sources. One of them is the Rosetta Stone. It is a massive gray granodiorite slab weighing 762 kg. On one side was engraved bilingual text in three versions — in Egyptian in hieroglyphic and demotic script, and in Greek. Its discovery was a veritable archaeological breakthrough, as it was crucial to the reading of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
