What was the stone that was the key to hieroglyphics?

Answer 1

The Rosetta Stone The name of the stone is the Rosetta Stone. It was found in 1799 by a few of Napoleon's soldiers while they were knocking down an old wall in order to build a new fort. The Rosetta Stone is the reason why we can now read and understand hieroglyphics.

Answer 2

The Rosetta Stone is an Ancient Egyptian artifact which was instrumental in advancing modern understanding of hieroglyphic writing. The stone is a Ptolemaic era stele with carved text made up of three translations of a single passage: two in Egyptian language scripts (hieroglyphic and Demotic) and one in classical Greek. It was created in 196 BC, discovered by the French in 1799 at Rashid (a harbour on the Mediterranean coast in Egypt which the French referred to as Rosetta during Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt), and contributed greatly to the deciphering of the principles of hieroglyph writing in 1822 by the British scientist Thomas Young and the French scholar Jean-François Champollion. Comparative translation of the stone assisted in understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing. The text of the Rosetta Stone is a decree from Ptolemy V, describing the repealing of various taxes and instructions to erect statues in temples.

Answer 3

The name of the stone used to translate hieroglyphics is the Rosetta Stone. The original is in the British Museum in London, England and a copy is the town of Figeac in France.

Answer 4

It was called the Rosetta Stone, but my spelling may be off. It was discovered by French Soldier while doing battle in Egypt during Napoleon's era.

Answer 5

The Rosetta Stone.

Answer 6

The Rosetta stone.

Answer 7

The Rosetta Stone.