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Discovery at Rosetta: Revealing Ancient Egypt ' urban history of Cairo' from the time of itsJonathan Downs In 1798, young French general Napoleon Bonaparte entered Egypt with a veteran army and a specialist group of savants scientists, engineers, and artists his aim being not just conquest, but the rediscovery of the lost Nile kingdom. A year later, in the ruins of an old fort in the small port of Rosetta, the savants made a startling discovery: a large, flat stone, inscribed in Greek, demotic Egyptian, and ancient hieroglyphics. This was