Rosetta Stone

Who found the Rosetta Stone?

French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt

Who deciphered hieroglyphs?

Jean-François Champollion

What is the Rosetta Stone?

The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek).

What does the Rosetta Stone say?

The Rosetta Stone is a text written by a group of priests in Egypt to honour the Egyptian pharaoh. It lists all of the things that the pharaoh has done that are good for the priests and the people of Egypt.

Where was the Rosetta Stone discovered?

The Rosetta Stone was discovered in a small village in the Delta called Rosetta.

Why is the Rosetta Stone written in three different scripts?

The Rosetta Stone was written in all three scripts so that the priests, government officials and rulers of Egypt could read what it said. When it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt.

What were the three scripts that the Rosetta Stone was written in?

The first was hieroglyphic, the he second was demotic, and the final script was Greek.

Why was the stone called the Rosetta Stone?

The stone was called the Rosetta Stone because it was discovered in the town of Rosetta.

When was the Rosetta Stone founded?

1799

How did Jean-Francois Champollion decipher hieroglyphs?

Champollion could read both Greek and coptic. He was able to figure out what the seven demotic signs in coptic were.

What two languages was the Rosetta Stone written in?

Egyption and Greek