Rosetta Stone Relaxer Toy

A small soft stress toy in the shape of the Rosetta Stone - a famous ancient Egyptian artefact in the British Museum collection.<br> <br> The stone is famous as it helped scholars to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. By the time the granite stone was discovered in 1799, all knowledge of the ancient Egyptian scripts had been lost for over 1,000 years. As such, this stress toy is ideal as a desk ornament. <br> <br> The stress toy measures approximately 8cm by 6cm.

Exclusive to the British Museum, a small soft relaxer toy in the shape of the Rosetta Stone.

About the Rosetta Stone:

Soldiers in Napoleon’s army discovered the Rosetta Stone in 1799 while digging the foundations of an addition to a fort near the town of el-Rashid (Rosetta). Exhibited in the British Museum since 1802, the Rosetta Stone was the key to unlocking the ability to read and translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. The Stone contains the same decree in three different scripts, and scholars were able to use the Greek and Egyptian Demotic sections to decipher the ancient hieroglyphs. The text contains a decree passed by priests in 196 BC to honour King Ptolemy V for his services to Egypt.

This relaxer toy is ideal to keep on a desk for a little relief in those stressful moments!