The Rosetta Stone
These are the three languages that the Rosetta Stone is written in.
What are Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Greek?
This was a material very similar to paper that the Egyptians made out of reeds.
What was papyrus?
Ancient Nubia was located south of Ancient Egypt along the Nile River.
Where was Ancient Nubia located in relation to Ancient Egypt?
King Ptolemy V
Drawings or symbols that represent a word or a sound.
What are hieroglyphics?
The buying and selling of goods and services.
What is commerce?
This army invaded Egypt and found the stone in the village of Rosetta.
What was the French Army?
This was the group in Ancient Egypt responsible for writing and keeping records.
Who were the scribes?
This is a hard white material made from elephant tusks.
What is ivory?
This was the commander of the army that invaded Egypt and found the Rosetta Stone.
Who was General Napoleon Bonaparte?
This was the form of cursive type of writing that the Ancient Egyptians used.
What was Demotic?
Egypt relied on Nubia's gold and Nubia relied on Egypt's grain. This trade created....
What is interdependence?
This was the month and year that the Rosetta Stone was found.
When was July 1799?
This was one of the world's first alphabets created by The Nubians.
What was The Meroitic Script?
The Nubians created one of the world's first alphabets called...
What is the Meroitic Script?