This was not the easiest thing that was ever done. It took around 20 years and lots of people trying to come up with ways to crack the code. Some people thought that the 3 different parts meant the same thing, some thought that they meant different things. Also some people that the ovals(cartouches) were trying to symbolize the symbols in them, and others thought they were for pointing out important people(pharoahs). When Jean-Francois Champollion finally finished the it was in 1822, he had connected all of the dots and everything. Even after he got it still some people didn't believe that he got it. Some historians spent there whole career trying to decipher this.
i would of gave up the second i looked at that giant rock
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