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In August 1799, while campaigning in Egypt, Napoleon Bonaparte's army stumbled
upon a stone tablet in Rosetta (el-Rashid), a village on the
River Nile. Engraved in 196 BC, the Rosetta Stone announced a decree by a
council of
priests affirming the cult of Ptolemy V on the first anniversary
of his coronation. The decree was written in three different scripts: hieroglyphics,
the ancient
Egyptian script used for religious and official documents; demotic,
the language used by commoners in Egypt at the time; and Greek. The Rosetta
Stone was
the key to unlocking one of the world's great mysteries—how to
read Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Idea Institute takes its name from an ancient Greek word that
the philosopher Plato described as expressing the essence of
all phenomena, the ideal prototype
of all things.
Taking its inspiration from the Rosetta Stone, Idea Institute
works to bring the world closer by unlocking the mysteries
of its rich array of languages.
For the Idea team, whose members all share a love of words,
language is not just a tool. It is our passion. Providing our
clients with high-quality translations is how we fulfill this
passion, and each of us is committed to carrying on this rich
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