The Rosetta stone shows examples of each of these ancient ways of writing.

罗塞塔石碑上刻有这三种古老的书写方式。

The Rosetta Stone survived unread through two thousand years of further foreign occupations

在接下来两千年的异族统治时期，石碑虽然得以保存，但上面的内容始终没人看得懂。

The Rosetta Stone is one of the most important archeological discoveries, because it led to the cracking of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

罗塞塔石碑是最重要的考古发现之一，因为它使得埃及象形文字被破解。

In fact, the Rosetta Stone contains a tax break!

事实上，罗塞塔石碑上刻有一则减税事宜！

He says that the Rosetta stone is too important to give away.

他表示，罗塞塔石碑非常重要，不能交出去。

Its researchers used the Rosetta Stone as a metaphor for the initiative and its ambition.

其研究人员用罗塞塔石碑来比喻这一举措及雄心壮志。

Today, the Rosetta Stone is perhaps the most famous museum object in the world.

如今罗塞塔石碑可能是世界上最著名的博物馆展品。

Egyptologist, Richard Parker, was in charge of the Rosetta Stone exhibition at the British Museum for twenty years.

埃及古物学家理查德·帕克负责大英博物馆的罗塞塔石碑展览达二十年之久。

It was in these volatile circumstances that Ptolemy V issued the Rosetta Stone, and others like it.

托勒密五世颁布罗塞塔诏书及其他法令之时，社会便是如此动荡。

It holds objects such as the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon Marbles - known as the Elgin Marbles - and ancient stones and jewelry.

该博物馆收藏着罗塞塔石碑、帕台农神庙大理石雕塑（又称埃尔金大理石雕塑）、古代石头和珠宝等文物。

And number one is the Rosetta Stone.

第一名是罗塞塔石碑。

The British Museum contains thousands of important artefacts – objects of special historical interest, including ancient Egyptian mummies, an Aztec serpent, and the Rosetta Stone.

大英博物馆收藏了数千件重要的文物——具有特殊历史价值的物件，包括古埃及木乃伊、一条阿兹特克蛇和罗塞达石。

So what’s the Rosetta stone about?

那么罗塞塔石碑是关于什么的呢？

Before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, no-one had managed to decipher hieroglyphs - to work out the meaning of writing which is difficult to read.

在罗塞塔石碑发现之前，没有人成功地解码象形文字 —— 弄清楚难读的文字的意思。

The priests were critical in keeping the hearts and minds of the Egyptian masses on side for Ptolemy, and the Rosetta Stone was their reward.

祭司在确保埃及民众全身心地拥护托勒密的统治方面发挥着重大作用，罗塞塔石碑上雕刻的承诺便是对他们的回报。

Before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, no-one had managed to decipher hieroglyphs – to work out the meaning of writing which is difficult to read.

在罗塞塔石碑被发现之前，没有人能破译象形文字——弄懂这些很难阅读的文字的含义。

Ptolemy, the king during the Rosetta Stone’s inscription, was Greek, so he didn’t have an Egyptian name.

罗塞塔石碑铭文中的国王托勒密是希腊人，所以他没有埃及名字。

Let's test your ancient Egyptian knowledge with this quiz question: the writing on the Rosetta Stone is a tax agreement between the priests and which Egyptian pharaoh?

罗塞塔石碑上的文字是祭司和哪位埃及法老之间的减税协议？

By the time of the Rosetta Stone, 196 BC, hieroglyphs were no longer in general use, they were used and understood only by the priests in the temples.

在罗塞塔石碑制作的时期，象形文字的使用已大幅减少，只有神庙里的祭司才会用。

It was the Rosetta Stone that changed all that; and while the text of the stone itself is pretty unexciting, it dramatically opened up the entire world of Ancient Egypt.

是罗塞塔石碑改变了一切，它戏剧性地将整个古埃及世界展现在了学者眼前。