History Channel - Ancient Mysteries - The Rosetta Stone 4/5

In essence, the Rosetta Stone is a tax amnesty given to the temple priests of the day, restoring the tax privileges they had traditionally enjoyed from more ancient times. Some scholars speculate that several copies of the Rosetta Stone must exist, as yet undiscovered, since this proclamation must have been made at many temples. The complete Greek portion, translated into English,[9] is about 16001700 words in length, and is about 20 paragraphs long (average of 80 words per paragraph):

In the reign of the new king who was Lord of the diadems, great in glory, the stabilizer of Egypt, but also pious in matters relating to the gods, superior to his adversaries, rectifier of the life of men, Lord of the thirty-year periods like Hephaestus the Great, King like the Sun, the Great King of the Upper and Lower Lands, offspring of the Parent-loving gods, whom Hephaestus has approved, to whom the Sun has given victory, living image of Zeus, Son of the Sun, Ptolemy the ever-living, beloved by Ptah;
In the ninth year, when Aëtus, son of Aëtus, was priest of Alexander and of the Savior gods and the Brother gods and the Benefactor gods and the Parent-loving gods and the god Manifest and Gracious; Pyrrha, the daughter of Philinius, being athlophorus for Bernice Euergetis; Areia, the daughter of Diogenes, being canephorus for Arsinoë Philadelphus; Irene, the daughter of Ptolemy, being priestess of Arsinoë Philopator: on the fourth of the month Xanicus, or according to the Egyptians the eighteenth of Mecheir.

THE DECREE: The high priests and prophets, and those who enter the inner shrine in order to robe the gods, and those who wear the hawk's wing, and the sacred scribes, and all the other priests who have assembled at Memphis before the king, from the various temples throughout the country, for the feast of his receiving the kingdom, even that of Ptolemy the ever-living, beloved by Ptah, the god Manifest and Gracious, which he received from his Father, being assembled in the temple in Memphis this day, declared: Since King Ptolemy, the ever-living, beloved by Ptah, the god Manifest and Gracious, the son of King Ptolemy and Queen Arsinoë, the Parent-loving gods, has done many benefactions to the temples and to those who dwell in them, and also to all those subject to his rule, being from the beginning a god born of a god and a goddess—like Horus, the son of Isis and Osirus, who came to the help of his Father Osirus; being benevolently disposed toward the gods, has concentrated to the temples revenues both of silver and of grain, and has generously undergone many expenses in order to lead Egypt to prosperity and to establish the temples... the gods have rewarded him with health, victory, power, and all other good things, his sovereignty to continue to him and his children forever.

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[Hemulen40]

Brilliant, breathtaking brainwork !

[GordosMama1111]

@superAj002 wow. where did i say i was smarter than anyone? actually, my point is that YOU can figure it out if you want. i was making a joke about how DUMB i am because my head hurt from figuring it out. HOLY FUCK someone has some self esteem issues they need to work out. and just for future reference, punctuation goes a long way in getting your point across more clearly.

[superAj002]

okay then. I guess you are so smart your brain might explode.its to bad you can't even answer my question. none of what you said is even close to doing so. Someone with a little more common sense than yourself was so kind to point out. But, thats okay the more you get informed the less ignorance to fill your head so its not so big. It must not hurt because your to full of yourself to know any better because if your head does not hurt with all thats going on then you do not have a clue yourself.

[GordosMama1111]

@superAj002 satan came WAY later...the gods werent "good" or "evil". they could be angry or loving.

simpler terms really arent possible. you might have to learn new words. sorry. your brain will stop hurting the more you use it, trust me

[redskunk34]

@superAj002 it is Demotic not Demonic, if you want to know what was on the text you can google it, there is a full description on wikipedia...

[superAj002]

are these satanic or what they said demonic just curious what these stones are supposed to mean i have watched some of these documentaries and still cannot really figure out what they are about going by what is written it is something about being permitted to charge taxes or something i do not so if someone can explain it in simple terms it would be great

[miatageekscott]

Hey it's Spock!!!

[senderos2]

interesting  knowledge