Question

Find an example of an artifact that is important to one culture but is currently in the hands of a different culture. What did the item mean to the culture that created it? What meaning has it acquired in the culture that now possesses it?

Answer 1

Answer:

Rosetta Stone, Egypt

Explanation:

Discovered in Rosetta, Egypt by a French officer in 1799, this 2,200-year-old black basalt stone is now a famous artifact is inscribed in hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek and is believed to hold the key to deciphering hieroglyphics and Egypt's past. The stone was acquired by the British when they defeated the French in 1801, and transferred it to the British Museum in London in 1802. Although Egypt has continued to push for the stone's return, the British Museum refuses to budge.