Why was finding Rosetta Stone so important to scholars

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Originally Posted by KikiBad

Why was finding Rosetta Stone so important to scholars

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The Rosetta Stone was unique in that it was inscribed with in three different languages. Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphics (can't remember the third).

Up until its discovery hieroglyphics was a mystery. It was reasonable to assume that because the two known languages on the stone were advocating the same proclamation it was highly likely the Egyptian language was doing the same.This provided a good starting point for deciphering the language.

This is as much as I know about it.


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