In this after-hours tour among the pharaohs, watch Curator Marcel Marée decode ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and reveal the secrets of the Rosetta Stone.

This tour was originally broadcast on 31 March 2016 as a live Periscope tour as part of #MuseumWeek

This was the third of three Periscope tours that took place that evening.

Watch the others now:

Enlightenment Gallery:    • Curator’s tour of the Enlightenment G...  

Arched Room:    • Behind the scenes in the Arched Room ...