How much did the world know of the Ancient Egyptians before discovery of the Rosetta Stone?

by forrman17

As in culture and religion? Some guy who's in my art appreciation class keeps commenting on how Egyptian symbolism in Mozart's opera was pretty accurate considering how the Rosetta Stone wasn't discovered at the time.

Waysian

This might not expand to earlier ancient Egypt, but there were probably Roman historians in Egypt after the Romans annexed part of it in 30 BCE