The Rosetta Stone

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The Rosetta Stone
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Ptolemy V

• Ruler of Egypt 205-180 B.C.
• 5th ruler of Ptolemaic dynasty.
• Parents were King Ptolemy IV. and Queen Arsinoe.
• Helped his people and country in many ways.
• The Rosetta Stone honors him.
• He was married to Cleopatra I.
• His father died at age 42 resulting in him
  becoming pharaoh at age 5.

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The Importance of the Rosetta Stone

• It holds the key to Egyptian hieroglyphics.
• Helps us learn how Ptolemy V ruled Egypt.
• Helps learn how the Egyptians lived.
• Helps us finally uncover Egyptian history.
• People could read Ancient Egyptian for the first
  time in 1,000 years.
• If someone could read the Greek on the stone,
  they could figure out how the Egyptian language
  worked.
• If it wasnt deciphered we wouldnt know about
  the Egyptian language.

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The Text of the Rosetta Stone

• It was written by a group of priests honoring
  King Ptolemy V.
• The Rosetta Stone says this
• Ptolemy living forever beloved of Ptah.
• The Rosetta Stone tells how the Pharaoh served
  his country and helped his people.
• One quote incorporated in most laws and rights
  now are those who were in prison and those who
  were under accusation for a long time is freed of
  charges against him
• Another quote is With propitious fortune King
  Ptolemy the God Epiphanes Eucharistos beloved by
  Ptah.

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Thomas Young

• Thomas Young was British and lived from
  1773-1829.
• He spent his life as an inventor and then decided
  to try to decipher the Rosetta stone
• He was a physician who determined wave-lengths.
• After being an inventor he decided to begin new
  studies in Egyptology and fell upon the Rosetta
  stone.
• He contributed greatly to subsequent deciphering
  of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics writing.
• Thomas Young and Jean Francois Champollion helped
  each other decipher the Rosetta stone.
• In April 1802, both DeSacy and Thomas Young
  decided to decipher the Rosetta Stone.
• He also figured out peoples names through
  cartouches.

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Why The British Should Keep The Rosetta Stone

• We won the stone over from the French.
• It is in our own museum.
• Thomas Young (British) deciphered the Rosetta
  Stone.
• An Oxford University professor spotted stone in a
  junk market.
• Reverend Stephen Weston was a British person.
• 1st translation to English was by Reverend
  Stephen Weston in London April 1802.
• With the basic knowledge of Weston Young they
  were able to find out some of the simple Egyptian.

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So

• Now that you have seen our presentation and
  hopefully learned some new facts about the
  Rosetta Stone we hope weve persuaded you into
  voting for the British!