Rosetta Stone Umbrella

An umbrella with hieroglyphs print inspired by the Rosetta Stone. <br> <br> The Rosetta Stone is probably the most famous objects in the British Museum. The stone is famous as it helped scholars to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, as the stone contains texts in three different scripts - hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek. <br> <br>The umbrella has been designed exclusively for the British Museum. It is supplied with a protective slip in the same design.

Exclusive to the British Museum, an umbrella featuring a print inspired by the Rosetta Stone.

The stylish umbrella includes a protective slip in the same design.

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.

Always be ready for rain with this handy history-inspired umbrella.