[MrsEmmaPeel]

NO NO NO a thousand times NO!!! You can't have it back!!!!

Of course they can have it back. There's no English on the Rosetta stone. hint: the English language wasn't invented when the stone was created England's only claim to ownership is through thievery. As for the bogus claim of "caring for the artefact!" Ha! delusional thinking leads to delusional conclusions.

[COBOL2Java]

Hmmm. I wonder where the stones in the crown jewels came from? Perhaps the Brits ought to return those, too?

[Ditter]

Delusional is thinking that if it had remained in Egypt it would have been *as safe & well cared for*, while being viewed by millions & millions of people.

[Freedom4US]

They seem to have stolen it fair and square.. what's the problem? ;)

[John Locke]

There's no English on the Rosetta stone.

I'll trade you one hint for another. There are far more English people who can read what's on the Stone than there are Egyptians. And I bet a lot of Freepers can read the Greek text.

[R. Scott]

… England's only claim to ownership is through thievery…

The French stole it from the Egyptians fair and square. The English stole it from the French fair and square.
The precedence for the acquisition of antiquities has been set, the Egyptians know how it has to be done if they want it back.

[Docbarleypop]

not really, it was gained through the spoils of war, blame france for the actual theft if one was so inclined to go down this insane path, while we're at it, lets give them all of our dollar bills since they depict a pyramid and thus must belong to Egypt