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 brand was acquired and absorbed in Dean Morgan, providing one-to-one and group lessons at two locations in Umeda and Namba, in Osaka. In 2008, the Hummingbird Pronunciation school brand was acquired and integrated into Dean Morgan. Hummingbird Pronunciation is a patented English pronunciation method. As of April 2012, there are a total of ten schools located in Tokyo and Osaka, with nearly 2,000 students. In April 2015, Dean Morgan formed a capital and business alliance with Rosetta Stone Inc. and subsequently rebranded the schools to Rosetta Stone Learning Center. The company then relocated the headquarters from Shinjuku, Tokyo to Ginza,