The Rosetta Stone and what it actually says with Ilona Regulski | Curator's Corner S7 Ep7

The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the British Museum. But what is it? What does it actually say? And did you know that since the discovery of the the Rosetta Stone in 1799, another 27 copies have been found throughout Egypt, the most recent being discovered in 2011?
If you answered no, don't worry! Dr Ilona Regulski, Curator of Ancient Writing at the British Museum has this and so much more to tell you about the object that unlocked ancient Egypt.
If you answered yes, well done for having completed the set reading ahead of time. However, there's still loads more to learn about this amazing object, so stick around for a while.
If you'd like to find out more about how hieroglyphs were deciphered in the 1800s, we currently have an exhibition on all about it:
Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt is on now!
Find out more here: bit.ly/3TeIrMh
#CuratorsCorner #AncientEgypt #RosettaStone
00:39 Where was the Rosetta Stone found?
01:46 What languages are on the Rosetta Stone?
02:20 What does the Rosetta Stone actually say?
05:14 How many copies of the Rosetta Stone are there?
07:30 What was on the missing parts of the Rosetta Stone?
09:15 Which language was written first on the Rosetta Stone?
12:31 What the hieroglyphs say on the Rosetta Stone

[@britishmuseum]

Want more Ilona? Want more Egyptian hieroglyphs? Check out our video where Ilona teaches you (and Nick) how to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs; kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqi9c2ODqL12oLM

[@biopsiesbeanieboos55]

Can you please give me the link to the British Museum’s policy on the return of antiquities to the Australian Aboriginal Nations ?

[@matthewalexander9953]

Ilona has no thoughts on working with items looted by British criminals? Hm,

[@NTRSN-Archive]

What are this polarizing people commenting . Why are such people complaining about everything .

[@zainabe9503]

Oh my, the age we're living in! Where knowledge is abundant and free! I remember I've always wanted to learn hieroglyphs ever since I was at second-grade elementary school, and that was from a torn yellowed piece of paper (probably from a book) describing ancient AEgyptian's writing.

[@ryananthony4840]

Oh yeah...... ;-p ;-)

[@MikeDial]

I had no idea that there were other, even better copies of the Rosetta Stone. This video was fascinating. Thank you for the clear explanation.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

☑️ Yeah, way back then they couldn't just go to Office Depot and buy reams of copy paper. So their ancient photocopiers used large, blank tablets of granite. They couldn't just plug them into electrical outlets either, so they were run by generators powered by water buffalo. Also, these 190BC era photocopiers could only copy 8 granite tablets per minute, but at least you could choose from 3 different fonts!

[@usaturnuranus]

@@HighlanderNorth1 Well, if they allowed for font selection or substitution they had to be digital machines as opposed to analog. That's some impressive technology for the time. :)

[@dannycalley7777]

@@HighlanderNorth1 HN1 ...............by chance , did you ever write for the Flintstones ????

[@HighlanderNorth1]

@@dannycalley7777 You know, I didn't think of the Flintstones when I posted that, but that would be a fitting storyline for a modern remake of that cartoon. Back in the early 60s when it was produced, printer/photocopiers didn't exist. So you wouldn't have seen Wilma walk into Staples and load a ream of granite stelas into a copier.

[@D-E-S_8559]

@@HighlanderNorth1 The convenience of the "Rossetta stone" is the key to diverting African History to eurocentrism and hellenic and latin domination, i's literally the start of white supremacy and racism....

[@tanzanos]

As a Greek, I can read the Greek text and understand at least 80% to 90% of the words. It is like reading a letter from the distant past.

[@helgaioannidis9365]

I'm not a Greek native speaker, but I moved to Greece when I met my husband and I'm fluent in Greek and I was surprised about how many words on the stone I can actually understand even though I never studied ancient Greek.

[@barnsleyman32]

@@BooksRebound probably the written language hasn’t changed that much. like one of the reasons old english and middle english seem so different to us is because spellings etc changed so dramatically - hwæt and what were pronounced the exact same but spelt waaaayyyy different for example

[@helgaioannidis9365]

@@BooksRebound yes I'm not a native speaker and I don't know any ancient Greek, but when I look at ancient writings I understand a lot. The language didn't change as much as e.g. Latin that evolved into a variety of languages. The fact is that modern Greek has an enormous number of synonyms, because they often use ancient and modern words parallel. Also often in composed words you find ancient words. Like fire is φωτιά. But fire extinguisher is πυροσβεστήρας, containing the word πυρ which is the ancient word for fire. And that goes on a lot with modern Greek. It's really a very rich language which makes it extremely beautiful, but also hard to learn.

[@jeffreyvonstetten5852]

Very cool

[@chaplainmattsanders4884]

Very cool. Wow.

[@ncal2855]

I remember being at the British Museum and standing in front and admiring the Rosetta stone, which was only roped off from the public, and not in an enclosure. There was a Greek boy standing next to me and I asked him, "Can you read it?" He said "Yes, I can read it." Amazing to see the gift this stone has given us to connect with an ancient civilization and to generations and civilizations to come.

[@problematic_canik]

Now we are throwing paint and oil on paintings because of I have no idea what they are fighting for.

[@isaacleeper3127]

"What does it say?" "It says they have been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty."

[@acoupleofgsanrandaneaniandann]

Iv tried to see it up close several times but there are always crowds of pricks blocking it. Plenty of other things in the BM to look at though and brainless sheep dont know enough about them to form crowds around them.

[@CaptinLongdong1]

@@problematic_canik If the security guards and museums were allowed to either punch or taser those asshats, those spoiled protestors wouldn't continue doing that.

[@SuperSoliton]

The Stone is a faked artifacts anyway. The hardness of granite is high, its Mohs hardness is about 6, and cannot be carved on it without a specialized modern steel bit. The Egyptian did not even have iron at 189 BC. The Stone was machined/faked in the 19th Century to gain fame and profits.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

Fascinating. My grandfather an archeologist was at one stage, an expert in hieroglyphics and studied ancient Latin and Greek. He went on to work at Bletchley Park during WW2. It's great to get an explanation that is so accessible.

[@ibeetellingya5683]

Speaking of fascinating, your grandfather.

[@trinitytwo14992]

That is amazing, it would be a great movie script!

[@toolbaggers]

He was a tomb raider. Give back all the stolen war crimes trophies.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

LOL@@toolbaggers he actually lost his job with the Rockefeller Foundation because he was attempting to enforce protocols to stop exactly that (and which at the time were new). In fact he studied Egyptology but never worked in Egypt that's your assumption which you leapt at at because never miss an opportunity for some grandstanding, eh?. He was on digs in Palestine and was fired because he tried to stop pilfering and looting and they said he was interfering with the work of others. He code cracked at Bletchley park, worked for British Intelligence and post war documented the horrors in the concentration camps. What a fun job that was but someone needed to do it. A principled and dedicated person. So FU mate with your lazy assumptions and virtue signalling. You're the sort of person who is never wrong and one reason to not expect much from social media. Full of smart Alecs who leap to conclusions and probably are just nobodies IRL.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

Oh yeah he'd knocked back a job at the British Museum before the job at Palestine so he was a bit snookered, since nobody refuses to work at the BM. But he wanted to work in the field. making false assumptions @toolbaggers is disappointing but it's how you operate. And it's how social media operates too. I'm frankly disgusted.

[@bradarmstrong3952]

Ilona is a competent explainer; clear, precise, and accessible. Great work!

[@Just_Sara]

I love hearing curators talk about object they really love and appreciate, and know a lot about. It really shows.

[@asymptoticsingularity9281]

@@Just_Sara Interesting exhibitionist.

[@cziprick]

I bet this lady is an incredible teacher. Clear and very knowledgeable.

[@rada4me]

I was going to say exactly the same thing.

[@DirtyBottomsPottery]

A layman who hasn't dedicated his life to the subject walking up to a scholar who has spent her entire life studying this, and declares, "You are competent." Do you always feel the need to make overbearing, conceited, patriarchal comments when a woman speaks?

[@JeremiCzarnecki]

It is fascinating to hear the Rosetta stone being explained by a Belgian egyptologist with a very Polish name in slightly Dutch-accented English!

[@Unpopular_0pinion]

I thought she was Nigerian

[@citizenkane2349]

I'd say bizarre.

[@kes1456]

The Dutch-accented English not so much, because she sounds like a Belgian from the Flanders region.

[@wolfvale7863]

Rosetta woman explaining Rosetta stone

[@Breitman123]

🙄

[@samadams4070]

I enjoyed how excited she got when showing the details of the writing. It is a pleasure to see some who obviously enjoys their work as much as her.

[@patrickb47480]

I have known about the Rosetta Stone since my schooldays and have seen it in the British Museum more than once but I have learned so much more about it today as a result of viewing Ilona's presentation. It was outstanding - thank you

[@beamazed1162]

1. There are not a lot of bronzes unearthed in Egypt. The latest archeology proves that they were built by construction workers, not slaves. Slaves can eat high-quality beef and can be buried near the pyramids. 2. There is no history of bronze wares in Europe, only a very small amount of bronze is fished out of the water or bought from the antique market, so it is impossible to measure carbon 14 (compared with Sanxingdui in China to see what bronze wares can be measured by carbon 14) 3. There is no such thing in Europe Astronomical calendar (there are many observatory sites in China, there are no such sites in Europe, and it takes hundreds or thousands of years of continuous observation, calculation, and accumulation to have a calendar) 4. There is no unified weights and measures in Europe, and China has unified weights and measures for more than 2,000 years. Many instruments related to measurement have been unearthed in China. There is no unified weights and measures in Europe, so where does advanced arithmetic come from? History cannot be recorded until there has been no change for thousands of years. For the above points, can anyone overthrow it? If it cannot be overthrown, then ancient Babylon (someone obtained a cuneiform dictionary and translated clay tablets?), ancient Egypt, and ancient Greece are all false. Ancient Rome was a very small place not a great empire, let alone a civilization. If you look at the technology of the Song Dynasty in China and the Sanxingdui site, you will know the reason. Note that the first steam engine-driven car was also in China, but it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty, the creator of civilization, was stolen by barbarian Manchus and European missionaries, and rewritten the real history. 6. If Babylonian civilization is as great as described in textbooks, why is writing still written on clay tablets? Why not use noble sheepskin? 7. There is no such a grammatical dictionary for cuneiform, which can allow ordinary people to translate these clay tablets into modern characters. If there is no such dictionary, then they can make fakes at will. The ancient nautical chart of ancient Egypt is marked as Babylon, which is the map of China 600 years ago（it was codified by European missionaries to 1601）： www.loc.gov/item/2010585650/ This is a map of Europe：commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geographia_by_Ptolemy,_Aphricae_Tabula_III,_1540_Basel_edition_-_Maps_of_Africa_-_Robert_C._Williams_Paper_Museum_-_DSC00625.JPG

[@matthewriffel188]

“Beamazed”, it sounds like you have some political or nationalist bone to pick with Ancient Rome, Egypt, and the European Bronze Age. But almost everything you wrote is demonstrably false. Ancient China was a great civilization. Pooing on Rome and Egypt doesn’t change that in any way, except to make people doubt the credibility of non-Western historians and archeologists in service of authoritarian states.

[@beamazed1162]

@@matthewriffel188 You give evidence and refute them one by one, or you shut up.

[@peerpede-p.]

This is the most, for me, illuminating explaining of the Rosetta Stone I've ever heard. Thank you very much Dr Ilona Regulski,

[@alexandrevaliquette1941]

illuminating confirmed!

[@telx2010]

Illuminati more like.

[@AndyZach]

One of the best parts of the video was explaining how likely it is that the Greek was written first and then translated to Demotic and hieroglyphs. I also didn't know so many copies have been found.

[@beamazed1162]

1. There are not a lot of bronzes unearthed in Egypt. The latest archeology proves that they were built by construction workers, not slaves. Slaves can eat high-quality beef and can be buried near the pyramids. 2. There is no history of bronze wares in Europe, only a very small amount of bronze is fished out of the water or bought from the antique market, so it is impossible to measure carbon 14 (compared with Sanxingdui in China to see what bronze wares can be measured by carbon 14) 3. There is no such thing in Europe Astronomical calendar (there are many observatory sites in China, there are no such sites in Europe, and it takes hundreds or thousands of years of continuous observation, calculation, and accumulation to have a calendar) 4. There is no unified weights and measures in Europe, and China has unified weights and measures for more than 2,000 years. Many instruments related to measurement have been unearthed in China. There is no unified weights and measures in Europe, so where does advanced arithmetic come from? History cannot be recorded until there has been no change for thousands of years. For the above points, can anyone overthrow it? If it cannot be overthrown, then ancient Babylon (someone obtained a cuneiform dictionary and translated clay tablets?), ancient Egypt, and ancient Greece are all false. Ancient Rome was a very small place not a great empire, let alone a civilization. If you look at the technology of the Song Dynasty in China and the Sanxingdui site, you will know the reason. Note that the first steam engine-driven car was also in China, but it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty, the creator of civilization, was stolen by barbarian Manchus and European missionaries, and rewritten the real history. 6. If Babylonian civilization is as great as described in textbooks, why is writing still written on clay tablets? Why not use noble sheepskin? 7. There is no such a grammatical dictionary for cuneiform, which can allow ordinary people to translate these clay tablets into modern characters. If there is no such dictionary, then they can make fakes at will. The ancient nautical chart of ancient Egypt is marked as Babylon, which is the map of China 600 years ago（it was codified by European missionaries to 1601）： www.loc.gov/item/2010585650/ This is a map of Europe：commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geographia_by_Ptolemy,_Aphricae_Tabula_III,_1540_Basel_edition_-_Maps_of_Africa_-_Robert_C._Williams_Paper_Museum_-_DSC00625.JPG

[@JeanFoutre-yi5us]

@@beamazed1162 Are you really asian? Your comment looks like more of a southern guy, you know, south of the mediteranean sea, with too much cousin breeding

[@jwvandegronden]

I saw _(a copy of)_ the Rosetta stone when I visited the museum and I remember being in awe of both the size and the happenstance under which we were able to translate old hieroglyphs merely, _almost,_ thanks to the ego and the honoring of traditional language of the Egyptian clergy! It still is a mesmerizing part of our shared history as humans. And so eloquently and enchantingly explained! Loved every second.

[@fernlibra9737]

I could sit in Ilona lectures all day. So amazing

[@MrBoogaloo86]

She did not interpret the entire stone!

[@RH-xm5uk]

I never knew there were more Rosetta Stones. And even a complete one! Best kept secret. Very interesting, and an excellent presentation.

[@vincentanguoni8938]

Not a secret!!!!!!

[@RH-xm5uk]

@@vincentanguoni8938 Did you know it? Before this video?

[@mattiasfagerlund]

I did not know either, and I was saddened that the broken parts of the original stone still seem unknown, because you'd hope that additional versions would dispel any mysteries...

[@b0ilerboy]

Question: Does RH refer to your blood type or is it just initials?

[@AA-bq4px]

Maybe keeping a low profile in case Egyptians see this and decide to call for their return, for display in Egyptian museums.

[@briansbrain426]

Shoutout to Champollion, a genius scholar. Took him 10 years to translate the Rosetta Stone.

[@waxknucklebearingjuice5592]

That's all ?!?

[@u.v.s.5583]

@@waxknucklebearingjuice5592 Yes, that's it.

[@dragonmartijn]

He will like to read your shout out… and translate it.

[@gordonstevens6050]

What's all the shouting about

[@lastofthebest5102]

Yeah if you think the vatican didn't already have it transliterated and hidden away you have another thing coming. Nothing new under the sun kiddo.

[@c_jo]

Thank you so much! This video was brilliant! The way the concept was explained was so accessible to a layman like me. Her passion for her work stands out.

[@user-mo1rl1tk1d]

Ilona is a competent explainer; clear, precise, and accessible. Great work!. Ilona is a competent explainer; clear, precise, and accessible. Great work!.

[@sakabula2357]

You can say that agian...lol

[@britishmuseum]

Yep, this is a reupload from a few hours ago. There was a big ol' typo in the last version. Sorry all. Yours sincerely, Nick 'Devine'

[@thatdude123]

Welcome back!

[@wtfamiactuallyright1823]

Shall we repeat the comments we posted in the last upload, or had they already read?

[@Hashtagcris]

@@wtfamiactuallyright1823 yes please

[@wtfamiactuallyright1823]

​@@Hashtagcris lol seems you should be more concerned about centring your attention on those who plan to strip away everything within, The British Museum. But based on the track record I've witnessed so far, many of you guys seem more intent on trying to give it away. You're supposed to be the guardians of such things, get your act together. This lady in the video was interesting tho, seemed to pass on useful details, far more than feels on how hard life was for the person who chiseled the stone.

[@mantronixtube]

you just didn’t like the comments that it’s wrong for you to keep it

[@johnkelland]

I first heard of the Rosetta Stone about 60 years ago in a history course at school. I have seen it referred to in numerous books, TV shows and movies since then, but I never thought to find out what the texts were about.....but now I know Thank You.

[@coreyham3753]

Also, did not know there were many copies of the Rosetta Stone.

[@brahmburgers]

Same here. I was a schoolboy in the 1960's (France / England / USA / Italy / Spain). I always thought it was a 3-sided, bluntly pointed black stone, about 3 feet high. This video was a pleasant eye-opener. BTW, European schools have higher standards than US schools.

[@JeffPDX1]

@@brahmburgers you describe a pyramidion - choke on that French School punk.

[@flouserschird]

😩✊

[@LanOrhan]

12:33 look at her excitement! That made my day. Excellent video from a very lovely curator!

[@judehart3455]

Wonderful, Ilona. You're so clear, so informative and so likeable. Thanks so much for the tutorial.

[@klaasvanmanen8214]

Knowing something about the importance of the 'Rosetta Stone' already, I was flabbergasted when I entered the museum from the (newly covered) main courtyard and totally unexpectedly found myself eye-to-eye with this piece of history. It still brings tears to my eyes when I remember this moment. So good to have these important items on display for everyone. Thank you for having that.

[@D-E-S_8559]

The convenience of the "Rossetta stone" is the key to diverting African History to eurocentrism and hellenic and latin domination, i's literally the start of white supremacy and racism....

[@klaasvanmanen8214]

@@D-E-S_8559 Nice theory you have here. Is it shared by specialists or is it just you who very cleverly came up with it?

[@D-E-S_8559]

@@klaasvanmanen8214 Where does one find this "specialists"...???

[@klaasvanmanen8214]

@@D-E-S_8559 Specialists are the ones who publish their discoveries and hypotheses in scientific literature, so that's where one has to look for them.

[@D-E-S_8559]

@@klaasvanmanen8214 And how does one get qualified to be a "specialist" ???

[@ThePyramidone]

How very interesting. I never knew that other copies of this "document" had been discovered. All references I have seen merely point out that the translation of hieroglyphics was now possible but never the document's actual content. Your explanation is very clear. Wonderful explanation.

[@nadima.d812]

It actually says " bring me back to Egypt, I don't belong in the british museum."

[@hsmd4533]

No, it says “Egypt trashed me. I’m glad Europeans saved me, and I’m glad to be in a home in a stable country not filled with fanatics.

[@adrianp7475]

....another clown

[@SueKim527]

Rossetta stone was stolen from Eygpt by the colonisers. Return it.Can Eygpt claim stonehenge?

[@petera9374]

Give me a break. Most of these steles are already in Egypt. And some of us are not able to visit Egypt without fear of violence, so we appreciate being able to see and appreciate these relics.

[@SueKim527]

The British colonisers stole these artfacts from Africa so they need to return them back asap. I dont understand how people on here can glorify theft.

[@rodeastell3615]

Excellent and fascinating video. Thank you for posting and Dr Ilona's presentation

[@thedanespeaks]

I love that you can explain to us non professionals without speaking to.us as if we're children. Very interesting.

[@Jukkala]

I'm so glad that we have people with the patience and intelligence to figure stuff like this out.

[@Vino3437]

Archeologists earn 62.000$ a year 🙄I wouldn’t praise them that much. Who wouldn’t like to do stuff like this? We should instead be glad of the million unqualified workers that do the hard work no one wants to do to pay taxes to finance excavations, discoveries and scientists.

[@a.e.jabbour5003]

That was so enjoyable, informative, and clear! Thank you so much. I learned an awful lot in 16m for sure. :)

[@collidingforces9589]

Fascinating. Well done Dr. Ilona Regulski!

[@kenc2257]

Fascinating! I've heard of the Rosetta Stone, of course, but didn't know what the 'text' concerned (or even that there were other copies in Egypt, and that one had been 'discovered' fairly recently). So very informative.

[@fallinginthed33p]

This was the best explanation I've come across of the Rosetta Stone and the associated Memphis decree.

[@perry92964]

i was un aware of any other copies being found as well, they do say you learn something new everyday

[@leonardschrock4987]

Same here. Interesting.

[@lastofthebest5102]

@@fallinginthed33p what a generic comment that is highly predictable and pathetic.

[@lastofthebest5102]

Don't worry the vayivan and London will lie to you via omission and obfuscation to your hearts content while proclaiming to tell the truth. Its what they do.

[@johnshoosmith]

There should be awards for KZbins best videos. BRAVO to this one, in content and technical quality. Fantastic quality and so interesting!

[@Ch0senJuan]

Best is subjective. Just like and subscribe and keep it moving.

[@lanichilds2825]

Dude this was so cool Thanks to everyone involved

[@betsybarnicle8016]

I remember visiting England on a school trip (16 years old, exchange student), walking through the museum and seeing the stone in front of me. I recognized it as the famous Rosetta Stone. But I expected spotlights and music and big arrows or signs...but no, it was just humbly displayed without fanfare.

[@gailascari]

I had the same experience when I came before the glorious stele of Ur. There it was, in the middle of the room, displayed with... An info card and nothing more!

[@dannycalley7777]

BB...................was there at least a line ????

[@betsybarnicle8016]

@@dannycalley7777 nope

[@hus390]

​@@gailascari Average Egyptian people can't visit the so called "British Museum" (funny to name it as such since nothing in it is British 😅). Shame!! Return it to Egypt.

[@njones420]

@@hus390 You do realise it was just used as building material by the Egyptians and left to crumble? The French/British saved it, and have kept it safe ever since. Worry about all the tombs still being raided regularly by Egyptian citizens, and the mummies and other "worthless" relics left to rot in the desert sands.

[@blxtothis]

Brilliant! The ‘Stone’ and indeed Ancient Egypt has fascinated me for at least 69 of my 73 years, when a marvellous full coloured book containing elaborately lithograph-printed ‘cigarette cards’ from the 30s, amongst my grandparents’ books was regularly shown to me in my very early years. One set featured the entire Carter expedition and every stage of his discovery, opening and display of the Tutankhamen Tomb in dazzling colour. The book in which these wonderful cards were contained was of equal quality and the whole thing made a massive impression on me and really ignited a love of history. They had an illustrated version of Pepys’ Diary which was abridged into understandable text which was another big influence. I have kicked myself for the last 60 years to not have ensured that these brilliant books are not in my safe keeping now.

[@raymonko]

Did you have a chance to visit the tomb in Luxor?

[@applepielofi]

That is super neat! Its great that they made such an impression on you to have remembered them all of these years. cheers!

[@brahmburgers]

You would also like: A Mayan pyramid, in good shape, about 80 ft tall. It's several miles west of the Belizian town of San Ignacia, near the Guatemalan border. There are several 2.5 meter tall stellae there with Mayan pictographs, just sticking out of the ground, fully accessible. Xunantunich. One of my favorite places. I've been there several times and each time, no one else is there. I stopped doing LSD 50 yrs ago, but... . . .

[@user-hm6bn6kw6k]

Wonderful, Dr. Regulski, You have made what could have been a dry lesson into something fascinating. Thank you!

[@suecox2308]

Thank you for this excellent clear history of one of the most important artifacts we have. A superb presentation and full of interesting things I didn't know!

[@lulumoon6942]

It was the privilege of a lifetime to see this at the BM decades ago, and I still treasure my tiny replica.

[@sammaniotes]

Thank you Dr Ilona Regulski for providing us with a glimpse into our past. I first started studying the Rosetta Stone on my own in 1986, but I have never had anyone explain it so well as you have in this video. As some of the others have indicated - I was surprised to have learned there were more decree's discovered and that the last discovery was 11 years ago. I also wanted to thank you for teaching me a few more glyphs from this video.

[@DrPeculiar312]

Lmao you "studied" it and don't know one of the most basic facts about it.

[@REAL2222ful]

​@@DrPeculiar312don't be a prick about it.

[@DrPeculiar312]

@@REAL2222ful bro said he has been sutdying it for 27 years and doesn't know shit lmao. He is being pretentious

[@SumNumber]

The task of writing the entire script on a stone had to be an enormous task . Thank you for the information . :O)

[@christophertomasello1227]

And it was basalt too

[@spiralsun1]

Thanks! This was so beyond helpful and completely awesome 🤩 🙏🏻❤️ One of the best videos I have ever watched.

[@cmcer1995]

Fascinating information. Back in high school we had to choose a subject and create a craft of some sort, and I chose the Rosetta Stone. I created a Rosetta Stone from Plaster of Paris in actual size, but not thickness nor weight. I painted it black and then went about the task of etching as best as I could what the original stone had on it inscribed. I don't recall if I was able to complete all of it, but most of it I did and that was back in the mid 1960's. I do believe I left it at school for their display and I don't remember what became of it after that. But it was a challenging project. This was a great video, and I am very glad I stumbled upon it.

[@brahmburgers]

Cool. Your project sounds worthy of being put on display at your local gov't office or courthouse. Commendable. Plus, we're about the same age (me: 70).

[@dmarks0630]

Fascinating. The fact that there are other stones too is new to me. These priests really delivered the messages, even after 2 thousand years.

[@jasperlawrence5361]

What an excellent video, thank you for telling me about the Rosetta Stone and doing it with such enthusiasm and modesty. It is delightful to learn from someone like you, really well done.

[@worlukk]

this is an excellent video. i learned so much about something so fascinating. i could watch you present information indefinitely.

[@luizcr]

Ilona is incredible ❤ please more episodes like this, I love Egyptian culture.

[@asthmen]

very cool! could you do more 'point-and-translate' segments on egyptian hieroglyphics? these were really interesting :)

[@britishmuseum]

Thanks for the suggestion, we'll try to set up another shoot with Ilona doing just that.

[@janemorrow6672]

Yes please.

[@asthmen]

@@britishmuseum That would be lovely, thank you!

[@simonpayne8252]

Yes it would be very interesting to see how things are being translated. Egyptian hieroglyphs can be read easily using old Welsh without the guesswork.

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

@@britishmuseum How about stating why The British Museum/The King and previously The Queen thought they owned it because they put in the effort to steal it? ONLY JOKING I KNOW YOU (WOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED) AND THEY WOULD NEVER TRY TO JUSTIFY THE THEFT! I MEAN WHAT COULD THEY EVEN SAY? Personally i want to do an expedition to recover the corpse of Queen Lizzy and put it on display in a museum in my country!

[@brandyrose9997]

Thank you Ilona for sharing your knowledge with us. This is fascinating. 💚

[@robinlagelius]

What an incredibly interesting and clear presentation, both concise and detailed. Felt like I was back in a really good class! Intriguing elaboration on such an important and commonly known artifact.

[@javilorenzana]

Totes! She did miss that whole thing about it curiously being on a whole different continent than it should. So weird.

[@architectjeff]

Thank you, Ilona, for sharing your expertise on the Rosetta Stone. I enjoyed the deep dive into the actual message conveyed by the stone.

[@anim8torfiddler871]

Excellent! Thank you, Doctor Regulski, for your research and analysis. Your discussion of the challenges presented by translation among several languages - _even by the Ptolemaic Priests_ - is Particularly appreciated. I have enjoyed taking classes in several languages, six years of Spanish, then Intensive Russian. I have also studied Polish and French a little. This has taught me that I would be useless as a translator unless I'm willing to commit to practicing the languages regularly -- as with many skills, such as music. It has also become clear is having a working knowledge of a language does not necessarily mean you grasp the myriad regionalisms of local dialects, or such subtleties as irony, humor, sarcasm, innuendo, poetic imagery or the culture-specific shades of meaning in philosophy, spiritual & religious doctrine. Seems conspicuously obvious that challenges to claims of "Mastery" or "Infallibility" are multiplied in the case of any *_DEAD_* language... It is good to learn about the sources of the knowledge from which Egyptologists have extracted their current construct of things. I suppose I should be more patient, inasmuch as the field of Egyptology seems to have coalesced only since the translations of Jean-Francois Champollion and Britain's Thomas Young. But it is profoundly discouraging to see the intransigent resistance of certain Egyptologists to discoveries and analyses by scientists from outside the Egyptologists' familiars. One hopes they will expand their consideration rather more genially to the "hard sciences" such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, engineering, architecture, economics, agronomy, hydrodynamics, statistics, et cetera. In other regional archaeologic investigations the hard sciences have provided deep insight into dating and context of discoveries that challenged coherent interpretation.

[@alienrobotcommando]

Loved it! Thank you so much for so much information!

[@moletrap]

Egyptians ask for the Rosetta Stone back and a few days later it's featured on CC? Hmmm.

[@M5guitar1]

This was very educational. I didn't know that there were copies in stone.

[@javilorenzana]

Right? You'd think they would have already given back one or two out of mere shame by now.

[@timmermansj1300]

I saw a copy of one just yesterday in Brussels.

[@Emsworth377]

@@javilorenzana what's to feel shameful for? The work of the British and French on the stone helped unlock the secret of hieroglyphics and, therefore unlocked the secrets of a forgotten culture. The stone was being used as building material in egypt when it was found. Absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.

[@sebastian122]

@@javilorenzana England doesn't have more than 1.

[@zimriel]

contemporary copies? I didn't know that, either - honestly. I thought this was a local decree for Rosetta which other Egyptian cities didn't care about. I was wrong obviously. I'm aware of other universal decrees: Augustus' Res-Gestae, Darius' Behistun inscription (there exist Aramaic translations, also Herodotus probably had access to a Greek version given how close his biography of Darius matches the inscription). I just didn't know Rosetta was one of them.

[@unsatura]

i remember seeing the stone displayed almost as soon as i entered the museum ... it was such a powerful statement on the status of the museum

[@lassebjornjensen1327]

Love this ❤ Thanks for uploading

[@urmorph]

Just came across this. Don't know when I've enjoyed anything lately so much or learned so much new even after a lifetime of fascination with things Egyptian. My deepest respect and gratitude.

[@digitalranger4259]

Forget the stone, Ilona's voice is so wonderfully melodic. I could listen to her read the phone book. :)

[@rickintexas1584]

What a fantastic explanation. Many thanks to Ilona and the British Museum for this wonderful video explanation. I have a small copy of the Rosetta Stone on my desk that was given to me by one of my work managers many years ago.

[@jamieswanson7681]

Ilona Regulski fantastic. Any time you are considering posting a video like this just DO IT. Very informative and engaging. You efforts are much appreciated. Vielen dank!

[@imakeitwhynot]

So much to learn in this one video alone. Excellent presentation.

[@LymanPhillips]

Fascinating. Well explained. I didn't know there were other copies. And the closeups of the detailed text is very illuminating.

[@pluckinmageetar]

Thank you for this. Looking forward to much more. Thank you!

[@Dechieftian]

Fascinating. Thank you ilona, for this very wonderful and inciteful look into the Rosetta Stone.

[@PeterGaunt]

Thanks you for that. I've often wondered what the writing on the stone is about. I had no idea that there were original copies of it either. Fascinating!

[@MikeGill87]

Right? The fact there are other copies with more of the text never reached me.

[@stankythecat6735]

Can you imagine how much would have been lost if the stone or the copies had been lost ? It’s unfathomable

[@javilorenzana]

Tremendously! Now if they only managed to figure out where the stones belong... It seems to elude them. Must be an imperial thing, seems obvious to me.

[@persimonsen8792]

@@MikeGill87 Same, thought it was a one of.

[@ixHeretic]

@@javilorenzana What do you mean?

[@nevermorefarm]

Just a few months ago I was able to finally visit the British Museum and see this and many other artefacts. I enjoyed this so much.

[@twicebittenthasme5545]

Wonderful presentation! Intriguing and informative. Thank you for your work and sharing!

[@geneerbstoesser5284]

A brilliant explanation by Dr. Regulski and thank you to the BM for sharing this with the world. Demonstrates what expanded knowledge and scholarship brings to all of us.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

Excellent video! I learned a lot about an object I had thought was pretty familiar. Fascinating and wonderful explanation. Thank you.

[@thomascotton2834]

This was really good content describing some of the hieroglyphs and a history lesson about the stone and other versions of the stones aswell, i think the stone has been very well been documented in this video in a casual informative manner, Thanks for the info.

[@remaguire]

Thank you very much, Ilona! I learned a lot that I never knew about this fascinating object.

[@rosajucglaserra4506]

Moltes gràcies! Thanks so much and thanks for the subtitles!

[@JacobProbasco]

Wow! Thank you so much for your efforts to make this information accessible to all. This was incredibly fascinating.

[@HeartlandTuber]

We checked off our bucket list of seeing the Rosetta Stone in Spring 2015. What an excellent summary and explanation of the Rosetta Stone. I did NOT know that copies had been found! Wish we could attend the exhibit, but since we are on the other side of the pond to the west, and no plans to travel currently, wish you the best in success of the exhibition.

[@desiregonzales6246]

Wow. I had no idea there were so many stones. This was super informative. This channel always rocks with interesting knowledge.

[@archivist17]

What a fascinating and clear explanation! Thank you.

[@JRandallS]

Thanks for letting us see the back story. I had read something about the inscription implying multiple copies, but did not know how many had been found. I also appreciate the maps to place it all into geographical contexts.

[@jimransom7518]

brilliant , looking forward to this exhibition very much, I didn't know about the extra copies and that has really excited me , thank you for sharing

[@nihany7460]

I can't thank you enough for this mini-lecture. Thank you. I wish I could come anf see the exhibition.

[@bobbymoss6160]

This video's a real eye opener. Excellent!

[@WorstUsernamEvr]

I recently heard Ms. Regulski speak in detail about the Rosetta Stone on "The Ancients" podcast. Absolutely fascinating stuff. She makes Egyptology extremely interesting and understandable for a layman such as myself. If she teaches a course on the subject I would jump at the opportunity to sit in the class.

[@brahmburgers]

I'm 70, and would also jump at an opportunity to attend a class by her. I wouldn't mind also taking her out for a glass of muscat grape juice (I don't drink wine).

[@welshpete12]

Excellent and fascinating, thank you for posting . I never knew there were all those copies known . And that hierographics had been at one time used in every day writing !

[@ragnarosdanneskjold3743]

These are the best content on youtube hands down

[@JonathonPawelko]

I had no idea whatsoever about the actual history of the Rosetta Stone other than it being found by Napoleon’s army and how it allowed scholars to finally crack hieroglyphics. Now the fact that there were literally copies right across Egypt and oddly enough I never knew what it actually documented. This is just so interesting and well worth watching. Cheers from Canada

[@GrowingDank42]

I just saw this on my trip to london at the British museum and I highly recommend seeing it for yourself. Spent two days at the museum and still didn’t see everything, absolutely incredible stuff.

[@neglectfulsausage7689]

And it hadnt been for us 'thieving' whites it would've been broken and up destroyed by jihadis a long time ago.

[@roland-wo9ks]

mostly stolen though

[@yank196101]

@@roland-wo9ks If it would of stayed in the country it would of been destroyed or sold to the highest bidder. Egypt is not a nice place.

[@roland-wo9ks]

@@yank196101 would or would be not a stolen is stolen anyway

[@yank196101]

@@roland-wo9ks Not nice when these priceless objects land up in private collection and only seen by a handful of people. Surpriced the Mona Lisa isn;t it private hands. I travel alot and see objects that very few people are able to and think to myself it would be nice if this was in display for the world to see. Al, do you get out much?

[@julias-shed]

Didn’t know there were multiple copies 😯 thank you 😀

[@Me2Lancer]

Thanks for sharing your amazing insights into the Rosetta Stone. This is fascinating!

[@lindathomas5500]

Thank you for this, it was so interesting and informative! And Ilona Regulsk, is wonderful, at explaining its history, she really deserves to be on our televisions! 👌

[@MadMathMike]

16:37 Her excitement at moving on to the details in the text is wonderful. ☺️ Incredible video.

[@Brinta3]

16:37? The length of the video is only 16:34.

[@Mike-mm6jp]

This was incredible. Thank you Ilona

[@richardkelso9478]

I stood in front of theRosetta stone almost exactly 1 year ago, and it was very powerful Having this explanation of its content and history was very helpful and much appreciated.

[@Mila-ie5bw]

Woah!!! this is so fascinating!!! i could not stop watching!!!

[@jeremydevor7004]

It was the Great Theban Revolt that was the reason for both the Rosetta Stone and the beginning of dependence and eventual take over by the Romans. The war began in 206 BCE, when a native Egyptian ruler led an army and began to take over cities. At one point the rebel pharaoh was defeated and executed, and the Greek rulers thought they were done, but the son of that rebel proclaimed himself Pharaoh and the war was back on until 186 BCE. The Rosetta Stone was announcing victory a bit premature. During this time the rebel native pharaoh took over half the country and began making his own inscriptions in temples. The Seleucid and Macedonian kingdoms attacked and took Palestine and Cyprus from Egypt, but Rome intervened and told them they could not take any more, as Egypt was vital to Rome's food supply. Meanwhile Ptolemy V borrowed heavily from Rome and became even more indebted to them. By the time the war was over Rome had officials permanently stationed in Alexandria to work out deals and liaison with the Egyptian kings. This rebellion coincided with the final years of the Second Punic War.

[@billsmith9711]

knock it off with the bce crap.....

[@Mymindisablank]

​@@billsmith9711 Why?

[@billsmith9711]

@@Mymindisablank the term is Before Christ, like the narrator said.

[@jeremydevor7004]

@@billsmith9711 Before Common Era? I also find that to be problematic. I agree we should use something more accurate, I think we should use the HE or Holocene Era calendar. The conversion is simply to add 10K years to our calendar, so 2022 becomes 12022. In which case the Great Theban Revolt began in 9795 HE, and ended 20 years later in 9815 HE.

[@hychap]

@@jeremydevor7004 fantastic bit of information.. thanks

[@stevehammel2939]

This was a fascinating presentation that explained what Rosetta Stone actually looked like, its purpose, where it was located and an idea of how many copies of the stele there might be. Thanks

[@MiThreeSunz]

A very interesting, informative and educational video! I learned something new again today. 😊🇨🇦

[@assail]

Ilona is genuinely impressive with her work and knowledge. im blown away at how she understands this ancient writing.

[@FlyDown306]

So nice that you guys made this little video before giving the stone back to egypt....

[@NicholasShanks]

This is great. I would like to hear the whole decree translated into English, and statistics/representations of how much of the decree we’ve been able to recover from the various copies.

[@carlarellano629]

What an excellent presentation. I learned so much, thank you

[@tonyv8925]

Thank you for sharing this fantastic artifact of ancient history. I often wonder if there were previous civilizations that are now lost to time and tectonic erasure. Beautiful.

[@thomasrice4078]

Really well done! So well explained and enlightening to my missing knowledge.