Discovered at rosetta (raschid) in 1799, by napoleon's army, the rosetta stone proved the key to deciphering egyptian hieroglyphs.

The rosetta stone is an incomplete grey and pink granodiorite stela dating from 196 bce which presents a priestly decree concerning king ptolemy v of egypt.

In the reign of the young one who has succeeded his father in the kingship, lord of diadems, most glorious, who has established egypt and is pious.

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Their decipherment led to the understanding of hieroglyphic writing.

Soon after arriving at the british museum, the greek translation revealed that the inscription is a decree by ptolemy v, issued in 196 b. c.

This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online.

Translation of the greek section.

The decree was promulgated in the 9th.

It was found in 1799 near the town of rosetta (rashid), about 35 miles northeast of alexandria.

Let’s test your ancient egyptian knowledge with this quiz question:

Translation of the hieroglyphic text of the decree of the priests of memphis, as found on the rosetta stone 1 and on the stele of damanhûr.

With the mysteries of the egyptian script unlocked by champollion and his successors, scholars were able to confirm the rosetta stone represented three translations of a single text.

The rosetta stone, in hieroglyphics and greek.

On this stone, known as the rosetta stone, the three scripts present were hieroglyphics, demotic, and greek.

The writing on the rosetta stone is a tax agreement between the priests and which egyptian pharaoh?

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