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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).


Which written language were historians able to decipher after the discovery of the rosetta stone?

Hieroglyphics


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.


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 do scientist's think hieroglyphics are?

Most scientists probably don't think anything about hieroglyphics. Historians know that they are a form of pictorial writing used by the ancient Egyptians.