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Alexander the Great spoke two languages.The Romans replaced both languages with Latin.✔ Multiple languages were carved on the Rosetta Stone.The priests only understood ancient Greek.
How did the scholars know that the inscription was the same in all three languages on the Rosetta Stone?
Based on the passage, why was it so important that the scholars figured out that the inscription was the same in all three languages on the stone?
It was important because the scholars already knew how to read the Greek alphabet, but they did not know how to read the Egyptian hieroglyphs. By determining that all three inscriptions said the same thing, they were able to use the known Greek text as a guide to translate and unlock the meaning of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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