I WONDER - When Did People Learn To Read Hieroglyphs?

The video explains how scholars used the Rosetta Stone to learn to read hieroglyphics. The stone featured the same text in three scripts: Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek. By comparing these scripts, scholars deciphered the meaning and grammar of hieroglyphics.

What was the primary purpose of the Rosetta Stone for scholars?

• To display ancient art

• To serve as a historical artifact

• To help scholars learn to read hieroglyphics

• To record ancient laws

Which scripts were found on the Rosetta Stone?

• Cuneiform, Greek, and Latin

• Hieroglyphics, Demotic script, and Greek

• Latin, Greek, and Hieroglyphics

• Demotic script, Latin, and Hieroglyphics

Which script on the Rosetta Stone was already known to scholars?

• Demotic script

• Latin

• Hieroglyphics

• Greek

How did scholars use the Rosetta Stone to understand hieroglyphics?

• By using ancient dictionaries

• By comparing the three scripts

• By translating the Greek text directly

• By consulting with Egyptian historians

What was one of the outcomes of comparing the scripts on the Rosetta Stone?

• Understanding the grammar rules of hieroglyphics

• Finding the original author of the text

• Discovering new hieroglyphic symbols

• Learning about ancient Egyptian culture