The stone that taught us how to read hieroglyphics

Thanks to Odoo for sponsoring this video https://www.odoo.com/r/o9h1 Why did a stone crack the code of Egyptian Hieroglyphics? And how does the ancient language actually work? Sources: [1] https://www.britishmuseum.org/ [2] Translation of the Rosetta Stone, E. A. Wallis Budge, 1905 [3] Hieroglyphica Horapollonis, Horapollo [4] In Our Time, The Rosetta Stone, 11 Febuary, 2021, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00... [5] The RIddle of the Rosetta, Jed Buchwald & Diane Greco Josefowicz, 2020 [6] The Rosetta Stone, Champollion and ancient languages,    • The Rosetta Stone, Champollion and ancient...   [7] Demanding the Return of the Rosetta Stone, The New Arab https://www.newarab.com/features/brit... return-rosetta-stone [8] Virtual Museum tours, British Museum, Google Maps Music (courtesy of Epidemic Sound): Melting Glass - Eden Avery The Farmhouse - Silver Maple Clearer Views - From Now On Ostinato - Vieveri Chapters: 00:00 Discovering the Stone 00:48 What was the Stone? 02:06 Translating the Greek 02:52 Ad read 04:40 Translating the demotic 05:47 Young's translation 07:57 Champollion's translation 10:48 Modern controversy