Webthe slab was the rosetta stone, and the letters and symbols carefully chiseled into its dark face would shed light on the glory of ancient egyptian civilization. Webthe rosetta stone, an important clue in cracking egyptian hieroglyphs, is one of the most famous objects in the british museum, but what actually is it? Webrosetta stone is an ancient egyptian stone bearing inscriptions in several languages and scripts;

Webthe rosetta stone is an incomplete grey and pink granodiorite stela dating from 196 bce which presents a priestly decree concerning king ptolemy v of egypt.