Rosetta Stone and Hieroglyphics

Rosetta Stone and Hieroglyphics

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

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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

HI

RO

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!

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

And then no one in Egypt could read the hieroglyphics!

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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

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And Greek was at the bottom

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​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?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Yay! Problem solved?

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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