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What is the historical significance of the Rosetta Stone?
How did an accidentally discovered slab of black rock allow historians to finally understand thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history?
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BookWorm
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The Rosetta Stone featured a single decree written in three different scripts: Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and Ancient Greek. Because scholars already understood Ancient Greek, they used it as a direct translation key to finally decipher the hieroglyphs, unlocking the secrets of Egyptian civilization.
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HistorianPro
answered 2d ago