Rosetta Stone have originally been displayed within a temple, possibly at nearby Sais. It was probably moved during the early Christian or medieval period, and was eventually used as building material in the construction of Fort Julien near the town of Rashid (Rosetta) in the Nile Delta. It was rediscovered there in July 1799 by a French soldier named Pierre-François Bouchard during the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt. It was the first Ancient Egyptian bilingual text recovered in modern times, and it aroused widespread public interest with its potential to decipher this previously untranslated hieroglyphic language. Lithographic copies and plaster casts began circulating
Hieroglyphics (group) prominently on their albums, website, stickers, and clothing. As a collective, the Hieroglyphics have released three studio albums: "3rd Eye Vision" in 1998, "Full Circle" in 2003, and "The Kitchen" in 2013. In 2005, the collective released a live DVD and accompanying CD of the Hiero's 2003 "Full Circle Tour". The collective has also released five compilation albums: "Hieroglyphics B-Sides" and "Hieroglyphics Oldies, Vol. I" in 1997, "Hieroglyphics Oldies, Vol. II" in 1998, "The Building" in 2004, "The Corner" in 2005, and most recently, "Over Time", in March 2007. Individual members of the collective have also released albums of their