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Jean-Francois Champollion unlocked the hieroglyphics in 1821-22. (Thomas Young was his fellow researcher)

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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 is the Rosetta stone impotant?

The Rosetta Stone is what we used to decode hieroglyphics


What helped decode hieroglyphics?

The Rosetta Stone is the artifact that helped crack the code of the hieroglyphics. The Stone spells out a royal decree in a variety of languages, and the difference between the languages helped scholars figure out what each of them meant.


What discovery helped decode hieroglyphics?

The Rosetta Stone led to the ability to decode hieroglyphicsArchaeologists found the Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone had many languages on it including hieroglyphics.Later on college students figured out the secret of hieroglyphics.The Rosetta stone found by some person, and deciphered 24 years later. it was writen in three different languages. Hieroglythics, greek and something else.


The discovery of what enabled archaeologist to decode hieroglyphs?

The Rosetta Stone.


The  helped historians understand hieroglyphics.  (Rosetta Stone/astronomers)?

Rosetta Stone


Did Rosetta stone come from Bible?

No, the Rosetta Stone had nothing to do with the Bible really. The Rosetta Stone was written by Egyptian priests to celebrate the rise of a Hellenistic king. It helps decode the ancient hieroglyphic manuscripts that evidentiate the bible.


What famous object allowed modern schoolars decode Egyptian hieroglypics?

The Rosetta stone.


What makes the Rosetta Stone such an important archaeological find?

The Rosetta stone helped to decode the hieroglyphic scripts of ancient Egypt. The stone was recovered in the excavations conducted by the French conquerors of Egypt in 1799.


How did the Rosetta Stone decode the Ancient Egyptian Language?

A Greek version of the text was also on the stone, which we still use today.


Use Rosetta stone in a sentence?

The Rosetta Stone was helped to find out the meaning and the words of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics!


Did the Rosetta Stone help explain hieroglyphics or Roman numerals?

the Rosetta Stone helped explain hieroglyphics