Multiple choice general knowledge history

Which archaeological artifact helped in decipher hieroglyphs?

  1. Narmer Palette

  2. The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom

  3. Rosetta Stone

  4. Ptolemaic Stone
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Explanation

The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 by French soldiers near Rosetta (Rashid), Egypt, was the key to deciphering hieroglyphs. It contained the same text in three scripts: Hieroglyphic Egyptian, Demotic Egyptian, and Ancient Greek. Since scholars could read Ancient Greek, Jean-François Champollion used it to crack the hieroglyphic code in 1822.

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