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#OnThisDay 1799 Pierre-François Xavier Bouchard, officer in the French Army of engineers, discovered the #RosettaStone, during some repair work on Fort Julien. The official declaration of the discovery appeared in the "Courrier de l'Égypte", on September 15, 1799.
#OnThisDay (or 19th July) 1799 Pierre-François Xavier Bouchard, officer in the French Army of engineers, discovered the #RosettaStone, during some repair work on Fort Julien. Bouchard was immediately convinced of the importance of his discovery. 1/