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Hieroglyphic inscriptions can be written from left to right or from right to left. In either case, the direction of reading is clear because characters with fronts and backs (people, animals, and so forth) always face the beginning of the line. For example, a line containing a left-facing snake should be read from left to right.

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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 is the medieval mind?

Your question doesn't make sense. First we can NOT know what people thought that long ago. We can know what they wore, what they ate, where they lived but not what they thought. The only way in history to know how someone thinks is to read what they wrote ( people in the middle ages were not literate). We can read the thoughts of monks and sometimes kings, but this doesn't tell us a general impression.


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How do you know what your culture is?

The way people dress, the food they make and eat, the language they speak, write and read can also be indications of a particular culture.


Why was Rosetta Stone Important?

The Rosetta stone is so important because it helped experts understand and learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphs. The Rosetta stone was written in three scripts that include Greek, demotic, and hieroglyphic.

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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.


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