The Rosetta Stone by Anne Miranda
hieroglyphics
5000 year old Egyptian writing system
pharaoh
Egyptian ruler
necessity of language to civilization
In order for people to cooperate, they must be able to communicate.
cartouche
a symbol in which the names of pharaohs were written
British Museum
current location of the Rosetta Stone
bottom of the Rosetta Stone
inscribed with Greek
middle of the Rosetta Stone
inscribed with demotic (type of Egyptian writing)
top of the Rosetta Stone
inscribed with hieroglyphics
Nile River
land along where the Egyptians settled
Rosetta Stone
large basalt rock upon which three languages were inscribed
reason why ancient Egyptian can't be spoken
no written vowels in hieroglyphics
1000 to 6000
number of symbols or characters in hieroglyphic writing system
14
number of years it took one person to decipher the Rosetta Stone
Ancient Egypt
one of the earliest civilizations in the world
Ptolemy V
pharaoh of Egypt at the time of the creation of the Rosetta Stone
phonograms
symbols that represent sounds
ideograms
symbols that represent whole words or ideas
the British
the current "owners" of the Rosetta Stone
Jean-Francois Champollion
the man who deciphered the Rosetta Stone
the French
the people who discovered the Rosetta Stone
1798 AD (BONUS)
the year the French invaded Egypt (BONUS)
1822 AD (BONUS)
the year the Rosetta Stone was deciphered (BONUS)
1799 AD (BONUS)
the year the Rosetta Stone was discovered by the French (BONUS)
1801 AD (BONUS)
when the British drove the French out of Egypt and took possession of the Rosetta Stone (BONUS)
196 BC (BONUS)
when the Rosetta Stone was created (BONUS)