Rosetta

[roh-zet-uh]

noun

1. a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.

2. a female given name.

Rosetta

/ rəʊˈzɛtə /

noun

1. the former name of Rashid

Example Sentences

With a few hours to kill before my flight and a few bucks to spend, I started my day at Rosetta Bakery, where a croissant bulging with pumpkin pastry cream fueled my final bike ride to the free Miami Beach Botanical Garden.

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These include the Rosetta Stone, the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, which is on display at the British Museum in London.

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"Now I want two things: number one, museums to stop buying stolen artefacts and number two, I need three objects to come back: the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum, the Zodiac from the Louvre and the Bust of Nefertiti from Berlin," says Dr Hawass.

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The Rosetta Stone, found in 1799, provided the key to deciphering hieroglyphics; it was discovered by the French army and was seized by the British as war booty.

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The British Museum told the BBC that it had received: "No formal requests for either the return or the loan of the Rosetta Stone from the Egyptian Government."

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