The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
KEY TO PYRArn'
STONE IN BRITISH Mussn,,
MADE PLAIN EGYPTIAN wv W

customs and Relis,.
the Ancient Egyptian Brona'
Through the Rosetta ston. '"S
guaGes Cut in it. 't'a ~
There are many historo
stones in the world, but fs aa'
possess the value and Ing, IsE Of ~
piece of black basalt ca I1sss
setta Stone" mounted in ~ 4' m
lery of the British Nnsa Wy 8es "A
many pass idly by this ,trsul
ed object each day and Sa sal
the most casual attention
ter of fact, had it nor bo.A'
Rosetta Stone, our linguis,s .,
been absolutely at d IHes eyll Dl
the Egyptian records: t6e x,
characters would have bas r''.
less tracings. Ia N
This stone, however NM. "A
to lie language of Eeynt .,. y;
portance of the work wbic 1g Y
accomplished through this ~. u.
very great indeed. For inst..'
points of dispute in relation !.
history have been cleared ~ "
some instances, important ns %
the Bible-especially relatirsA
period of time when the Hem.
lin the land of Egyptn~b.
elucidated. lag
The manners, customs and =,
rites of the Egyptians h.
brought to light, and tbro,s n
stone, we are enabled to obtsi- d
sight into the early history nj Il. n
derful people. With far-seeirg 1
the mind which directed tbn o.1
the inscriptions upon The Ross,
had it done in three different T,'
no doubt with view 10 mst
hieroglyphic characters under,'
the clever Greeks. the most ir,.-
people in the world al the tms
The Rosetta Stone is written T..
languages-the Hieroglynbic 4.
guage known only to The n7ia,,
the Denote, or Enchurial, the n.
speech of the people, and tba !
Had it not been for the uss
Greek, it is doubtful if the D.
/ Stone would ever have been dao-.
CT course, every classical scboIs,
knowledge of Greek; by this KIM,
the inscriptions in Egyptian r,
on the other parts OF he stm.
easily made out, and, by use 0fN.
thus afforded, the whole Of tba6
ters Of Egypt-which ara picture
became very easy to ne d. iu,s
may decipher the most yutd,
togTams If he be possessed Of
The stone IN question is Of bh5
salt, as has been said Its8
inches Ions, 2 feet 6 inches vff
tanning one-third Of the fIleo
and nearly all of the Greek rr
the upper part and some OF tte
having been broken away. u
Script MS on the stone peIal1n,
crea In honor Of Ptolemy E1iBbns
the priests OF Egypt, assembled
synod at Memphis. The SYNOD
Convened on account OF his IeuEy
of the arrears OF taxes, and duesgy
by the Sacerdotal body. s0na
even in those early days, The q
dotal body" were ready to oonyoa Il
DDS on the slightest proyocauoa. e
| ial'r in regard to then dues 4
taxes"
This in itself is an instructive lie,
which shows is that the world is Al
the same today as it was in B. C.
when the stone was set H The RosI
ia Stone in the British llsaua Is 4
only discovered specimen Of the i
merous Inscriptions OF a similar na. |
set up at the same time
The stone was found in 1850 tr
Boussard, a French officer Of eng.gsI
during the French occupation OF "a
1t was unearthed in an eIauI
made at Fort st. Julian, near R0ss
a city Of Egypt, en- the west bank
the old BOlbitic Nile, The name
setta" is derived from an old EgDl
word "ROusat," meaning the mould
the Nile" Recent excavations j
that this stone was found On The
Of a temple dedicated to NachO III
the twenty-sixth dynasty. The u
shippers in this temple paid homas3
the Solar God, Alum or Tum.