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
Rosetta Stone Learning Center Tokyo in May 2017. The company operates Rosetta Stone Learning Center schools in Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Hummingbird English pronounciation schools are found in Shinjuku, Ginza, Ikebukuro, and Umeda. The company also runs a Rosetta Stone Premium Club school in Ginza Six. Rosetta Stone Learning Center The company was founded in 2004 and is currently headquartered in Ginza, Tokyo. There are ten schools under three brands. The founder, current president and CEO is Dean Rogers. The company provides language lessons on a "one-to-one" (one student and one teacher) basis using textbook lessons and online instructor aids.