Egyptians
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Pierre-François-Xavier Bouchard discovered the Rosetta Stone in July 1799. He was an engineering officer in Napoleon's Commission des Sciences et des Arts. The Stone was found as French soldiers were enforcing Fort Julien, a city northeast of Egyptian city Rosetta, which is today known as Rashid. The Rosetta Stone was the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics, which had been studied in modern terms but never translated until that point. It has almost the exact same text written in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic script, and Ancient Greek. It was not fully translated until 1822.
the original language was French
French
Because it was their written language.
Hieroglyphics
The written language that came after cuneiform was hieroglyphics, used by the ancient Egyptians. It began to develop around 3200 BCE, shortly after cuneiform script.
hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics and cuneiform led to the development of written language.
Hieroglyphics are ancient Egyptian symbols used for writing, while English is a modern alphabet based language using letters and spoken worldwide.
The advantages of hieroglyphics is that written language could be passed down. The disadvantages were that papyrus decayed and stone walls were destroyed by time. The only reason that the hieroglyphics were deciphered is that the Rosetta Stone had the Greek language on the stone so we had a large enough sample to read the hieroglyphics.
Contributions of the ancient Egyptians include: Papyrus - the first form of paper Pyramids - an engineering marvel Hieroglyphics - an elaborate written language
No. Linguistics studies both spoken and written languages. Ancient Egyptians wrote using Hieroglyphics. The Rosetta Stone from Egypt made it possible to understand Hieroglyphics. That language is now dead. We can read two of those languages but not the third. It enabled us to read the third. Because of that stone containing three different languages, we can now read Hieroglyphics. No one knows how they were pronounced. The language is dead. The language of the Vedas in ancient India and the language of ancient Greece are the same language. No one speaks either any more.
hieroglyphics are a form of written communication that the ancient Egyptians used.
Ancient Egyptians used a variety of things for a variety of purposes. Ancient Egyptians used dogs, water, tools, chariots, papyrus, precious gems, calendars, and a written form of language called hieroglyphics.
Cuneiform and hieroglyphics were important achievements in the development of writing systems. Cuneiform was developed by the civilizations of Mesopotamia, while hieroglyphics were used by the ancient Egyptians. These scripts enabled these civilizations to record information, communicate, and preserve their histories and cultural achievements.