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The ancient Egyptians first developed the type of writing that we later called hieroglyphics, which is part-picture, part-sound symbol. No one knows who first developed it.
The Egyptian culture was already ancient when the Romans invaded, 2000 years ago. Under Roman rule, the Egyptian culture fell into decay and the written language was lost. When European explorers came to Egypt in the 1700s and began actually studying the ancient writings, hardly anything was known about hieroglyphics, and no one was able to read them.
In 1799, a curious stone tablet was found in Egypt near a town called Rashid by the Arabs, and Rosetta by the French. The stone was engraved in three languages, one of which was ancient Greek, which was still readable; another was Egyptian hieroglyphics . Scholars eventually realized that the stone bore the same inscription in three languages, and that knowing the text in Greek could help them read the Egyptian on the stone.
Ever since, the phrase "Rosetta Stone" has been used to mean "the key to knowledge" or "way to translate".
The scientist who is most credited with translating the Rosetta Stone was Jean-François Champollion.
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Where is the first hieroglyphs for build-a-bear?
the first hieroglyphs are found in fastpaw
How do you spell hyrogliffs?
The correct spelling is "hieroglyphs".
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.
How do you spell hieroglyphs?
Hieroglyphics, you got it right.
Why was the Rosetta stone found?
It was found by Napoleon's troops near the town of Rosetta in 1799 and, once translated by Champollion, unlocked the language of the hieroglyphs. As to why is was found, that is a philosophical question beyond the scope of this answer.
If the Rosetta stone was never found how will it affect what you know about Egypt?
If the Rosetta Stone was never found, we probably could still not understand Egyptian hieroglyphs. By using the Rosetta Stone, people can compare them to the other language (Greek) because when this was figured out, Greek language still was around. If this stone would have never been found, we could not decipher the meaning of Egyptain hieroglyphs.
Who found away to read Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Jean Francois Champollion used the Rosetta Stone to translate Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
Why do people think the Rosetta stone is important?
The Rosetta Stone was found by Napoleon's troops in Egypt during his campaigns there. It is famous because it had a text written on it that was written in Old Egyptian, New Egyptian and Greek. Before the Rosetta Stone, archaeologists had no way to figure out what what Old Egyptian hieroglyphs meant. With the Rosetta Stone, since they already knew Greek and New Egyptian, they could finally decipher the hieroglyphs.
What object discovered by the french in 1799 was the key to deciphering ancient hieroglyphs?
The Rosetta stone-found in Egypt, now in british museum.
What year was hieroglyphs discovered?
The Rosetta Stone, which held hieroglyphs, was discovered in 1799 by French Soldiers.
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.
