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The Rosetta Stone

When examining the Rosetta Stone, a French scholar found Ptolomy and Cleopatra's names written in Demotic, an Egyptian language, and was able to match those names to the Greek writing on the Stone. In this flash of insight, it was discovered that the same information was written in three languages, Demotic, Greek and ___________. After this discovery, the tablet was decoded over three years.

a.
Ancient Egyptian
b.
Early French
c.
Ancient Latin
d.
Early Roman



Please select the best answer from the choices provided


A
B
C
D

User Cheesus
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Answer:

Ancient Egyptian.

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User Dminer
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Answer:

the answer is A; Ancient Egyptian

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The Rosetta Stone was written in the languages , Demotic, Greek, And Hieroglyphics (Ancient Egyptian). It took 3 years to decode after it was discovered in July 1799, in the city of Rosetta aka Rashid by french soldiers during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt

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