Its value as the key that unlocked the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs is world-famous—but the turbulent history surrounding ...

It was in these volatile circumstances that Ptolemy V issued the Rosetta Stone, and others like it. The Stone is not unique; there are another 17 similar inscriptions quite like it, all in three ...

As French troops prepared to face Ottoman forces in Rosetta ... the stone. They learned that the stone contained a religious decree that affirmed the loyalty of Greek priests to Ptolemy V ...