Multiple choice general knowledge history

What is the Rosetta Stone?

  1. A religious stone

  2. A basalt stone inscribed with details of the coronation of a king

  3. A sacrificial stone

  4. There’s no such thing called a Rosetta stone, I created it
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Rosetta Stone is a basalt slab inscribed in 196 BC with a decree honoring Ptolemy V, written in hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek scripts. Its discovery enabled deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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