Question

the rosetta stone was important because it

Answer 1

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Answer 2

It provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Answer 3

The Rosetta Stone was important because it tells us most of the things about the ancient Egyptians and has the different writings. it also tells us about a ruler you barely hear about and his name is Ptolemy V. if they never found the stone they would have never found out about him or ancient Egypt.

Answer 4

What's important about Ptolemy V?

Answer 5

Ptolemy V, He became ruler at the age of five, and under a series of regents the kingdom was paralyzed. The two leading favorites of Philopator, Agathocles and Sosibius, fearing that Arsinoe would secure the regency had her murdered before she heard of her husband's death, which secured the regency for themselves. In 202 BC however Tlepolemus, the general in charge of Pelusium, put himself at the head of a revolt. Once Epiphanes was in the hands of Tlepolemus he was persuaded to give a sign that the killers of his mother should be killed. According to Bevan the child king's consent was given more from fear than anything else and Agathocles along with several of his supporters being killed by the Alexandrian mob.[2]