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How does Egyptian writing differ from English?
The Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphs. These look like little pictures or symbols. It took historians a long time to be able to read it.
Based on the passage why was it so important that the scholars figured out that the inscription was the same in all three languages on the stone?
It was an important discovery because they would be able to compare the inscription they could translate with the hieroglyphs. This ability would allow them to find the hieroglyphs that meant the same thing as the words they knew.
What was the problem with using hieroglyphs?
Not everyone was able to read hieroglyphics
Describe how the Egyptians used hieroglyphs to communicate?
By using the writing hieroglyphs, the ancient Egyptians were able to write down records. Also they used hieroglyphs as a way to keep track of the kingdom's growing wealth. And as the empire grew, it became necessary to create more hieroglyphs for more complicated ideas.
What was the problem with using hieroglyphs communicate?
Not everyone was able to read hieroglyphics
What questions did the Rosetta Stone help Historians answer?
Historians were able to decipher hieroglyphics after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.
Why are sources important for historians?
You need sources to be able to unravel history.
How do crickets adapt to their environment?
Crickets adapt to their environment by being able to eat different plants and having legs that allow them to escape from predators. Being able to adjust allows crickets to live in various regions.
Which written language were historians able to decipher after the discovery of the rosetta stone?
Hieroglyphics
How microscopes are important for scientist?
microscopes allow scientists to see things at the microscopic level, therefor being able to see things they would not have been able to see otherwise.
How were the hieroglyphics read?
Hieroglyphs were originally believed to be invented around 3,000 bc. They could be read from left to right, right to left, from top to bottom, from bottom to top and clock wise or anti clock wise!After the Romans took control of Egypt, the reading of Hieroglyphs was abandoned. No one was longer able to read the Hieroglyphs until 1822 when Jean-François Champollion translated the 'Rosetta Stone'.
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