Rosetta Stone

Champollion was able to understand the sone best because ...

• ... he was there when it was discovered.

• ... he knew a lot about ancient languages.

• ... he found the missing pieces.

• ... he made some of the plaster casts of it.

Why would modern Egypt want the Rosetta Stone?

• Because It's a part of Egyptian history.

• Because Champollion did not translate it properly.

• Because the British Museum will not show it.

• Because it used Egyptian hieroglyphs.

The Rosetta Stone have three kinds of writing on it so that ...

• ... it would look good in the temples

• ... modern scientist could decipher it.

• ... it would be good for building walls.

• ... all Egyptians of the time could understand it.

Why did Ptolmy V want the stone created?

• To use it for building materials.

• To plan for saving water for farmers.

• To leave it for thousands of years.

• To convince the people to let him rule.

Custody of the Rosetta Stone:

• was declined by modern Egypt.

• was lost to the British only two years later.

• has changed numerous times since it was found.

• has always been maintained by the French.

Of all the ancient languages, Egyptian ___________ have been the hardest to understand.

Ptolemy V gave it to the temples to get ________ from the priests.

The stone was requested by the _______ Ptolemy V.

The Rosetta Stone was discovered during a military __________ to Egypt in 1799.

The hieroglyphics on the stone were difficult to decipher because ...

• ... the three languages were three unrelated messages.

• ... the British would not let anyone look at the actual stone.

• ... nobody knew how to read the Greek words.

• ... the written surface was damaged and missing pieces.