Question

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What did scholars study to decipher hieroglyphics?


Behistun Rock

Cuneiform


Rosetta Stone


Sumerian Alphabet

Answer 1

Hi, do you have an idea?

Answer 2

yes i wanted to go with rosetta stone

Answer 3

Yep that's right! :)
The correct answer is B.

In July of 1799 Napoleon's army was making fortification in northern Egypt after conquering the country. One of the French soldiers who was digging in the area near Rosetta hit upon a small black rock. The rock had carvings in three different styles of writing. After studying the stone, scholars realized that two of the styles of writing on the stone were ancient Egyptian. Both of the styles were so ancient that no one had been able to translate them. The third style was Greek. The Greek was easy to translate. When the scholars realized that the message was probably the same one written in three different ways, the ability to read Greek helped scholars understand many things about hieroglyphs.

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Answer 4

okay thank you!
Can you help me with one more i already have an answer choice i just am confused if its right or wrong

Answer 5

Of course!

Answer 6

How were scholars able to translate hieroglyphic symbols?

Because early hieroglyphics were picture writing, scholars could decipher their meaning and then match them to more modern Egyptian writing

Archaeologists unearthed a set of papryrus scrolls that served as a dictionary in acienct Egypt

By comparing a message written in both hieroglyphics and Greek, scholars were able to translate the hieroglyphic symbols

Scholars compared hieroglyphics to cuneiform and found enough similarities to create and alphabet of the Egyptian writing system

Answer 7

i think its b

Answer 8

I think it it C,By comparing a message written in both hieroglyphics and Greek, scholars were able to translate the hieroglyphic symbols.

Answer 9

okay thank you again!!

Answer 10

Np :)