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Rosetta Stone Discovered
Rosetta Stone found by soldiers in Napoleon's soldiers in 1799 while digging the foundations of an addition to a fort near the town of el-Rashid. -
Rosetta stone becomes British Property
On Napoleon's defeat, the stone became the property of the British under the terms of the Treaty of Alexandria along with other antiquities that the French had found. It became part of an exhibit at The British Museum. The museum has been home to the stone from that time, except 1918-1919.
Towards the end of the First World War, in 1917, when the Museum was concerned about heavy bombing in London, they m -
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Removal of the Dendera Zodiac
Sebastien-Louis Saulnier commissions Jean Baptiste Leloraine to remove circular Dendera Zodiac -
Dendra Zodiac Moves to France
Dendera Zodiac Ceiling moved to Restoration Paris in 1821 -
Statue of Hemiunu Discovered
Statue of Hemiunu discovered in 1912, immediately transported to the Roemer-und Pelizaeus-Museum -
Discovery of Nerfertiti Bust
A German archeological team led by Ludwig Borchardt discovered the Nefertiti bust in 1912 in Thutmose's workshop in Amarna, Egypt. -
Nefertiti Bust Shipped to Berlin
Nefertiti bust shipped to Berlin and presented to James Simon, who keeps it in his residence in -
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Rosetta Stone Goes Underground
For fear of being destroyed in WWI, Rosetta Stone is moved 50 feet underground at Holborn from 1918-1920 -
Nerfertiti bust moved to Berlin Museum
Nefertiti bust moved to Berlin Museum in 1920 -
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Rosetta Stone in British Museum
Rosetta Stone moved back to British Museum in 1920 and has been there since, except for one month when it was displayed at the Louvre in Paris for the 150th anniversary of the decipherment of hieroglyphic -
Nefertiti Bust to Neues Museum in Berlin
Nefertiti bust moved to Neues Museum in 1923 -
Bust of Anckhhaf Found
Bust of Anckhhaf found by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Harvard University; given possession due to thanks for extensive work done -
Zodiac Dendera to the Louvre
The Zodiac Dendera moves to a new housing at the Louvre in Paris -
Nefertiti bust moved to Charlottenburg
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Hemiunu is shipped to the U.S.
Statue of Hemiunu is shipped to United States in January 1996 for “Splendors of Ancient Egypt" exhibition. -
Hawass requests use of Rosetta Stone
Zahi Hawass demands that the Rosetta Stone be returned to Egypt. The British Museum replies and requests to see the security details in place before a loan can happen. -
Zahi Hawass Request
Zahi Hawass, Egypt's chief archaeologist, requested use of these artifacts for the opening of the new Egyptian Museum.
