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The Rosetta stone.
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone, in a small Nile Delta village called Rashid (Rosetta) in 1799 made possible great advances in the interpretation of hieroglyphics.
Carved in 196 BC, it is written in Egyptian and Greek, using Egyptian Demotic, Egyptian hieroglyphic, and Greek (the language of the Egyptian government). It is a stone tablet (stele) written by priests and tells of the virtues and achievements of the Pharoah, Ptolemy V, describing his repeal of taxes and intention to erect statues to the gods.
The study of the same text in the three scripts together with other ancient writings, made it possible over many years for the Frenchman, Jean-François Champollion and the Briton, Thomas Young, with their team, to decipher hieroglyphics to a far greater extent than previously possible.
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∙ 9y agoThe discovery of the Rosetta Stone led to the ability to decode hieroglyphics. It was found by French soldiers in Cairo, Egypt in 1799.
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No, they use Arabic.
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hieroglyphs
How do you write your name in hieroglyphs?
Use the related links below.
What was Cleopatra's name in hieroglyphs?
Our computers cannot reproduce hieroglyphs. To be honest, by the time of Cleopatra, hieroglyphs had been out of style for hundreds of years. Cleopatra did all her communicating in Greek. However if you want to see Cleo's name in hieroglyphs, just use your browser and type in "Cleopatra/cartouche" and you will come up with several sites that will show you her name in hieroglyphs.
How do you spell hyrogliffs?
The correct spelling is "hieroglyphs".
When and why did Egyptians stop using hieroglyphs?
By the 4th century CE, few Egyptians were capable of reading hieroglyphs, and the myth of allegorical hieroglyphs was ascendant. Monumental use of hieroglyphs ceased after the closing of all non-Christian temples in 391 CE by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I; the last known inscription is from Philae, known as The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, from 396 CE.
What is the plural of hieroglyphs?
Hieroglyphs is already plural. The singular is hieroglyph.
What was the name of picture writing used by Egyptians?
Hieroglyphs.
