Tristan Hughes

Being able to have people point out what this symbol means, what it represents, and what stories they can tell.

The variety of stories it tells of ancient Egyptian history, which spanned thousands of years.

Well, Ilona, this has been absolutely amazing.

Last but certainly not least, you've curated with a great team this remarkable new exhibition at the British Museum.

Talk to me a little bit about the exhibition, It Sames, and what it all is.

Fantastic.

And you've got a copy of your book in front of us there.

And I see that the title is Hieroglyphs Unlocking Ancient Egypt because it was that unlocking, wasn't it, Silona?

Well, it just goes for me to say this has been great.

And thank you so much for taking the time to come on the podcast today.

Well, there you go.

There was Dr. Ilona Rogolsky talking all about the Rosetta Stone, its discovery and its role ultimately in the deciphering of hieroglyphs, the unlocking of ancient Egypt.

I hope you enjoyed the episode that was originally recorded back in 2022.

I can't believe almost four years ago I went to the British Museum to do that episode with Ilona.

It doesn't feel that long ago at all.

So we've recorded many episodes on ancient Egypt over the years, but two I'll recommend that kind of align with this one on the Rosetta Stone.

Well, they're two episodes with Dr. Chris Naunton, the first of which we actually recorded in our first ever year of the ancients.

So that is some five years ago now, six years ago.

And that was an episode all about how ancient Egypt stayed Egyptian over so many centuries, over millennia, down into Ptolemaic times too.

And that episode is called