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Jean François Champollion
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How has the Rosetta Stone helped historians ti understand Egypt's past?
It has helped translate hieroglyphics and other languages.
The helped historians understand hieroglyphics. (Rosetta Stone/astronomers)?
Rosetta Stone
How does the Rosetta stone help historians understad egypts past?
it helped historians understand egypt pasts because it told them how to understand hieroglyphics and other languages
What language helped scholars to understand the meaning of hieroglyphics on the Rosetta?
papyrus
Are hieroglyphics valuable?
yes, they are what has helped use understand the past and it something for use to look to for the future.
What questions did the Rosetta Stone help Historians answer?
Historians were able to decipher hieroglyphics after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.
Why did Rosetta stone discovery help modern day scholars decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics?
It provided the first chance to understand Egyptian Hieroglyphics writing by providing the same text in Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek. Both the Greek and Demotic could be read to find out what was being said on the stone, the Hieroglyphics could then be compared and analyzed for patterns (similar to the way codes and cyphers are broken).
Why can only few people understand and read Egyptian hieroglyphics?
This is not true. Many thousands of people today can understand and read Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Which written language were historians able to decipher after the discovery of the rosetta stone?
Hieroglyphics
The key that helped scholars decode some Egyptian hieroglyphics is the?
The Rosetta Stone is the key that helped scholars decode some Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Why did the discovery of thr rossetta stone help historians study hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone had three different languages one of which was Greek, and another was hieroglyphs. Historians already knew Greek so they used it to sort of decode the hieroglyphics.
What were hieroglyphics famous for?
Hieroglyphics are famous for a lot of things. 1) helped us understand the Egyptian community 2) showed us what the Egyptians believed in 3) tells us about the Egyptian "gods" and "goddesses" 4) kept the Egyptian records for us
