Rosetta Stone of Champollion was smaller than one of Young on an adjacent information panel; English visitors complained that the opposite was true. The portraits were in fact the same size. Egypt first requested the return of the Rosetta Stone in July 2003, on the British Museum's 250th anniversary. Zahi Hawass, the chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, asked that the stele be repatriated to Egypt, commenting that it was the "icon of our Egyptian identity". He repeated the proposal two years later in Paris, listing the stone as one of several key items belonging to Egypt's cultural heritage, a list
Rosetta Stone (band) and releasing several independently produced singles to increasing popularity, Rosetta Stone recorded their first full-length album, "An Eye for the Main Chance", releasing it in 1991. They also recruited Porl Young as a second guitarist and toured extensively to promote the album. Following on from this, the band released their most successful single, the 12" "Adrenaline". Porl Young subsequently left the band to produce Children on Stun whilst Porl King and Karl North released a cover version of The Rattles' 1970 hit "The Witch" which took the band into the UK top 40 singles chart. The band went on to