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How did the egyptians used hieroglyphs to comunacate?
They wrote it usually on stone or mud tiles
The Rosetta stone as it relates to Egyptian history and culture?
It was a stone with Greek and Hieroglyphs on it and scholars then used the Greek to interpret the Hieroglyphs on it to finally understand the ancient Egyptain language. I don't remember many more deatils on it
Who used hieroglyphs?
It was originally used of Egyptian writing but is also used of Cretan, Luwian, Mayan and Mi'jmaq writing as well as of some Chinese script. The Ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics as their writing system. Egyptians used hieroglyphs. it also translated by a stone called the Rosetta stone. it was translated in three languages. the Greeks saw there language and figured out how to translate the hieroglyphs.
Who found away to read Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Jean Francois Champollion used the Rosetta Stone to translate Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
What was Rosetta stone inscribed with?
This a large stone fragment of an inscription of a decree by Ptolemy V of Egypt. It provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Since it was written on stone, a sharply pointed stone cutter had to be used.
The discovery that allowed scholars to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics was .?
The Rosetta Stone that was discovered in 1799 was used by the scholars to understand hieroglyphs of Egypt. The success of the decoding was by Jean-François Champollion.
What was the name of picture writing used by Egyptians?
Hieroglyphs.
What were the three languages on the Rosetta Stone?
There are two languages on the Rosetta Stone 1) # Greek and 2) Egyptian in two scripts # Demotic, used in everyday writing and # Hieroglyphs, what you see all over the temples. For more information, see 'Related links' below this box.
What is the term for the Egyptian form of writing in which pictures were use for words or sounds?
Ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphs to write on papyrus or carve into stone.
What is used to decipher hieroglphics?
Egyptian hieroglyphs were first successfully deciphered with the help of the Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone (so name because it was dicovered in Rosetta - or Rashid) had the text of a decree of the Pharaoh Ptolemy the fifth inscribed in three forms, - hiroglyphs, Egyptian demotic and Ancient Greek. By comparing the text in a known language with the hieroglyphs, Jean Francois Champollion was able to decipher the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone (1822). His work served as the basis for the deciphering of other hieroglyphic inscriptions.
What were the forms of Egyptian writing and when were they used?
Hieroglyphs, hieratic and demotic. Hieroglyphs were only for statues, tombs, temples and important documents, and were not used every day. The other two are like simpler versions of hieroglyphs and were used everyday.
What is the Rosetta Stone and Jean-Francois Champollion?
Jean-François Champollion was a French Egyptologist who, in 1922, "translated" the Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone is a rock on which the same ancient edict was carved in three different languages, including ancient Greek and Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Champillion was able to use the Greek to show how to "decode" the hieroglyphs and, from that, formed the basic understanding of ancient Egyptian writing. His work is still used today by Egyptologists.
