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Which written language were historians able to decipher after the discovery of the rosetta stone?
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Hieroglyphics
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What questions did the Rosetta Stone help Historians answer?
Historians were able to decipher hieroglyphics after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.
Why was the translation of the Rosetta stone?
It allowed people to decipher hieroglyphics, which was a lost language.
Why was the translation of the Rosetta stone important?
It allowed people to decipher hieroglyphics, which was a lost language.
What was used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics?
The most helpful thing was the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799; an inscription in three scripts.
How many years did people try and decipher the Rosetta stone?
It took 22 years to decipher the Rosetta Stone.22 years
Who used the Rosetta Stone to decipher hyroglyphics?
Chanpollion
What artifact helped scholars decipher heiroglyphics?
that artifact is a black basalt stone found near the city of Rosetta. this stone is later called Rosetta-Stone.
What did the discovery of the Rosetta stone lead to?
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone lead to the people to it, approximately 1930 BC, every Canaanite, Egyptian, and the Greeks could read what the Rosetta Stone had said we couldn't necessarily read it until it was discovered i don't remember by who but when it was, we found out what it said That's what the discovery of the Rosetta Stone lead to how it is today. Additional Info: The main 'benefit' or knowledge gained by decoding the Rosetta Stone was being able to decipher hieroglyphics. Up until the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, it was assumed that hieroglyphics was a pictographic language, i.e. a picture of a bird represented the word 'bird'. However, after the discovery (and subsequent translating) of the Rosetta Stone, it was determined that hieroglyphics was a phonetic alphabet, where a picture of a bird might stand for the character "B" (that's not accurate, I'm just making an example). If you have ever used Wingdings in word before, you get the idea of what hieroglyphics are: a pictographic symbol that represents a single character.
Why the Rosetta stone is important?
The Rosetta Stone is important because it allowed us to study Ancient Egyptians and their language. Without it, we would know nothing about Egyptian language, the ruler Ptolemy V., or even Ancient Egypt itself.
The Rosetta stone was used to decipher the hieroglyphics in which country?
Egypt
Who was able to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Jean-François Champollion used the Rosetta stone to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What tone allowed scientist to decipher the Egyptian language?
I'm not sure what you mean when you say 'tone'... The Rosetta Stone was used to decipher the hieroglyphs when Tutankhamen was first discovered. Check National Geographic if you want more detail.
