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What is unique about the Rosetta Stone?
The same thing was written in three languages.
Why was the message written 3 times in the Rosetta stone?
Egyptians used 3 languages so it was only right if they put all three languages on it.
Why was the Rosetta stone in three different languages?
no one knows
How did Sir Henry Rawlinson discover cuneiform?
The Rosetta Stone written in three languages including hierglyphics, demotic (cunieform) and Greek.
What are the three languages on the Rosetta stone?
There are two languages on the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian and Greek, written in three scripts. The top characters incised on the stone are hieroglyphic, the script used for important or religious documents. Below that is the demotic form, the common script of Egypt, with the Greek translation at the bottom.
What is the Greek language and what does it have to do with the Rosetta Stone?
the Rosetta stone was a stone found in the river Rosetta in Egypt, and had writing scribed on it in three different languages, Greek being one of them.
When was Rosetta stone made?
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient slab of stone with writings in three languages. It dates back to 196 B.C.
What were the circumstances that led to the creation of the Rosetta Stone?
The Rosetta Stone is written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt.
Why is it the Rosetta Stone in 3 different script?
The Rosetta Stone is written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt.
Date and place the Rosetta stone was found?
The Rosetta Stone is a slab that depicts three different ancient languages. It was discovered in Egypt in 1799.
What languaged were on the Rosetta stone?
The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek). The Rosetta Stone is written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt. The first was hieroglyphic which was the script used for important or religious documents. The second was demotic which was the common script of Egypt. The third was Greek which was the language of the rulers of Egypt at that time. The Rosetta Stone was written in all three scripts so that the priests, government officials and rulers of Egypt could read what it said.
What is the Rosetta stone and how has it helped your understanding?
The Rosetta Stone is a stone tablet that has a King's decree inscribed on it in three languages. The three repetitions are Greek, a later Egyptian and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics written one above another. Because it has essentially the same text written in three languages it was the key to translating ancient hieroglyphics which, until the discovery and translation of this writing, was a cryptic mystery.
