ROSETTA
A basalt tablet bearing inscriptions in Greek and in Egyptian hieroglyphic and demotic scripts that was discovered in 1799 near Rosetta, a town of northern Egypt in the Nile River delta, and provided the key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

TEMPEST

A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.

CHRONICLE
An extended account in prose or verse of historical events, sometimes including legendary material, presented in chronological order and without authorial interpretation or comment.
MACABRE
Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome: macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle Ages.

COVENANT

In the Bible, God's promise to the human race.