The Rosetta Stone and Ancient Egyptian Language
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What makes the Rosetta Stone such an important discovery?

  • The length of the inscriptions
  • The use of three writing systems (correct)
  • The announcement listing benefits to Egypt by King Ptolemy V
  • The translation of the text into multiple languages

    • Who was the first to give the word 'energy' its scientific meaning?

  • An historian and brilliant linguist
  • Thomas Young (correct)
  • Jean-François Champollion
  • King Ptolemy V

    • What did Thomas Young correctly identify on the Rosetta Stone?

  • The direction of the Egyptians’ bird and animal characters
  • The oval loop containing hieroglyphs as the name of King Ptolemy (correct)
  • The translation of the Greek inscriptions
  • The purpose of the stone's inscriptions

    • Who was the founder of scientific Egyptology?

    <p>Jean-François Champollion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Jean-François Champollion master by the age of sixteen?

    <p>Latin and six ancient Oriental languages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Thomas Young study in AD 1814?

    <p>The texts of the Rosetta stone</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Jean-François Champollion eventually establish?

    <p>Entire list of Egyptian symbols with their meanings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who had many other projects and it became clear that cracking the hieroglyphic code called for someone who could focus entirely on the task?

    <p>Thomas Young</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What language was written phonetically in Greek?

    <p>Late form of ancient Egyptian</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is the Rosetta Stone currently located?

    <p>British Museum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Rosetta stone?

    <p>It helped decipher the ancient Egyptian language and hieroglyphs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When was the Rosetta stone discovered?

    <p>1799</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What languages were inscribed on the Rosetta stone?

    <p>Egyptian and Greek</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was responsible for the discovery of the Rosetta stone?

    <p>Pierre Bouchard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one of the main reasons for creating the Rosetta stone?

    <p>To assert political propaganda and claim rightful pharaohship</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Captain Bouchard's role at the time of discovering the Rosetta stone?

    <p>Supervising the restoration of an old fort near Rosetta</p> Signup and view all the answers

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