Rosetta Stone and Hieroglyphics

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Kathryn Moore

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Rosetta Stone and Hieroglyphics

In this lesson you will learn about an artifact called the Rosetta Stone and why it was important.

You will also learn about the Egyptian written language called Hieroglyphics!

It's just a stone!

Why is it so important?

Sumerian writing

Do you remember how the Sumerians in Mesopotamia used CUNEIFORM?

Multiple Choice

Sumerians in Mesopotamia had writing called ______________

letters

cuneiform

Egyptian Writing

was called HIEROGLYPHICS

GLIF

ICS

Multiple Choice

Which writing used more lines?

Cuneiform

Hieroglyphics

Multiple Choice

Which writing used more pictures and symbols?

Cuneiform

Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics was used for thousands of years!

Hieroglyphics was replaced by other languages, like this...

And then no one in Egypt could read the hieroglyphics!

Problem, right?

"Wow! Look at this tomb I just found!"

I wish I knew what these symbols meant!

Multiple Choice

The PROBLEM with Egyptian hieroglyphics was that...

After a while, no one knew what the symbols meant.

It took too long to write.

Until....

The year 1799

In a city called Rosetta, Egypt

A French soldier found a huge rock buried in the ground

The stone contained 3 languages

Hieroglyphics was at the top

And Greek was at the bottom

Historians could read Greek!

Multiple Choice

Why was the artifacct named "The Rosetta Stone?"

It was named after a woman called Rosetta

It was named after the city in which it was found

Multiple Choice

How many languages did the Rosetta Stone contain?

Yay! Problem solved?

Now they could understand everything that was written in Egypt!

Multiple Choice

Which event came first?

French soldier finds Rosetta Stone

Howard Carter finds King Tut's tomb

Multiple Choice

What is the Rosetta Stone?

an important ARTIFACT found in 1799

an important FOSSIL found in 1799

Rosetta Stone and Hieroglyphics

In this lesson you will learn about an artifact called the Rosetta Stone and why it was important.

You will also learn about the Egyptian written language called Hieroglyphics!

It's just a stone!

Why is it so important?

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