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In 1822 Jean-François Champollion translated ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for the first time. What made this possible?
Rosetta stone
Thebes' Karnak temple inscriptions
papyrus Book of the Dead
Dead Sea scrolls
The Rosetta Stone is a stele found in 1799 in the Egyptian sea port of Rashid (Rosetta). The discovery was made during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. The stele is inscribed with the same text in three languages: archaic Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and Ancient Greek. Comparison of these three samples helped unlock hieroglyphic writing.
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added by smyru Jan. 17, 2017, 11:44 p.m.
In 1822 Jean-François Champollion translated for the first time ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. What made it possible?
Rosetta stone
Thebes' Karnak temple inscriptions
papyrus Book of the Dead
Dead Sea scrolls
The Rosetta Stone is a stele found in 1799 in Egyptian sea port Rosette. The finding occurred during Napolean invasion of Egypt. The stele is inscribed with the same text in three scripts: archaic Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and Ancient Greek. Comparison of these three samples helped understand hieroglyphs.
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This is a correction, already accepted and applied to the original question.
added by Norman March 17, 2018, 9:14 p.m.
+3 This change is good  globalquiz.org
In 1822 Jean-François Champollion translated ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for the first time. What made this possible?
Rosetta stone
Thebes' Karnak temple inscriptions
papyrus Book of the Dead
Dead Sea scrolls
The Rosetta Stone is a stele found in 1799 in the Egyptian sea port of Rashid (Rosetta). The discovery was made during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. The stele is inscribed with the same text in three languages: archaic Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and Ancient Greek. Comparison of these three samples helped unlock hieroglyphic writing.
Norman
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