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Rosetta Stone - Artifact
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian stone tablet artifact inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. It contributed greatly to the decipherment of the principles understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs. This category elaborates on the history, research and findings about this unique historical artifact.
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Why is it the Rosetta Stone in 3 different script?
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The Rosetta Stone is written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt.
When did Egypt come into existence?
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Egypt came into existence early on in the Paleolithic Era when small villages and groups began forming along the nile, then between 3900 and 3100BCE, began to grow in power and wealth. Two particular villages that grew into power, were Upper and Lower Egypt.
So Egypt Came into Existence Between 3900 and 3100BCE
What is the historical background of Philippine Literature?
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The literature of this area will be based on the culture that is around it. As the culture develops, so will the literature.
How do you fix application error 1141 on Rosetta stone on windows?
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Found this and it worked.
In Windows XP (worked also on my windows 7):
1. Go to Start and click on Run.
2. Type in "services.msc" (without quotes). Or go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
3. Find RosettaStoneDaemon.
4. Check the status column to make sure it says "started."
5. If not started (status = stopped) in the left hand side of the box, click on the blue "Start the service" link. (Or right click on RosettaStoneDaemon and select start.)
No need to restart computer.
How long did it take to decipher the Rosetta stone?
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"For twenty years scholars tried to decode the slab. "
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Who found the Rosetta stone and what were they doing when they found it?
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The french found it and they were invading Egypt at the time
Why was the Rosetta stone important to ancient Egypt?
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The Rosetta Stone enabled us to see what the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics meant, because we could finally decode their pictograms. We knew Greek and Latin, thus were able to read the hieroglyphics all over Egypt.
What languages are written on the Rosetta Stone?
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The Rosetta Stone has writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts:
- Egyptian hieroglyphic (at the top of the stone)
- Egyptian demotic (center of stone)
- Greek (base of stone).
The Greek and Egyptian demotic assisted in the successful translation of hieroglyphics in 1822 and pop goes the weasel.
The Rosetts Stone was found by a french soldier in Egypt while Napoleon Bonaparte was there. There are two languages on the Rosetta Stone: Greek and the Egyptian hieroglyphics. Because of the written Greek next to the Hieroglyphics, scholars were able to decipher the Egyptian Hieroglyphics; before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, no one could read the Heiroglyphics.
The Rosetta Stone is written in Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic script, and ancient Greek.
Location of the Rosetta Stone?
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The real Rosetta Stone can be found in The Britsh Museum. It has been on display there since 1802. If there are any more questions on the Rosetta Stone you can facebook me. Note that I might not beable to answer your question.
What makes the Rosetta Stone such an important archaeological find?
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The Rosetta stone helped to decode the hieroglyphic scripts of ancient Egypt. The stone was recovered in the excavations conducted by the French conquerors of Egypt in 1799.
Is Rosetta Stone compatible with Mac OS X 10.4?
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Yes, it works fine. (see links below)
How has the Rosetta Stone helped historians ti understand Egypt's past?
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It has helped translate hieroglyphics and other languages.
Who found deleware?
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How many languages does Rosetta Stone have available?
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Man lab reports are hard but the thing is that they must be well over 1000 words long so with that being said there are over 10 languages that Rosetta Stone has.
When was the Rosetta stone made of?
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The Rosetta Stone was discovered by the French in 1799 .
Which languages are featured on the Rosetta Stone Learn English lessons?
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it was written in hieroglyphics as used in the tombs, in a form of hieroglyphs used for everyday writing and in Greek.
What are the 3 scripts on the Rosetta Stone?
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the three scripts are hieroglyphic, demotic and classical
