Why the name The Rosetta Foundation?

 

 

196 bc the text of the Rosetta Stone was carved in Egyptian and Greek using three different scripts to honor the Egyptian pharaoh. The three scripts are hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek. Hieroglyphic was mainly used for important and religious documents. Demotic was the common script of Egypt at that time, and Greek was the language of the rulers of Egypt. The Rosetta Stone was written in all three scripts to make sure that everyone who could read would understand it.

The Stone was discovered in 1799 in a small Egyptian village called Rosetta, which gave the name to the stone.

The aim of The Rosetta Foundation is, as the aim of the Rosetta Stone was, to provide information to as many people as possible. In order to make sure that information is not just delivered but received by people, it is important to communicate to them in their language. Access to information in your own language is a human right. The Rosetta Foundation is committed to preserve and protect.