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100
The number of years ago the Ancient Egyptians developed their writing system.
What is over 5,000 years ago
100
The way to read the hieroglyphics. (Example = right to left, up or down, left to right)
What is whichever way the birds, animals, or people are facing.
100
The stone that helped present day people understand and read Ancient Egypt hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone
100
The number of sticks needed to represent the number 8. The stick represents the number 1 in Ancient Egypt.
What is 8 sticks
100
The system of pictures the Ancient Egyptians used at a writing system
What are hieroglyphics
200
It helped people understand and read Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. It was discovered in 1799.
What is the Rosetta Stone
200
The number of vowels in the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is None
200
The number of languages on the Rosetta Stone.
What is 2 languages
200
The number of upside down U's needed to represent the number 50. The upside down U represents the number 10 in Ancient Egpyt.
What is 5 unpside down U's
200
The oval-shaped container that kings and queens wrote their names in.
What is a Cartouche
300
The number of years ago that the Rosetta Stone was discovered.
What is about 200 years ago
300
The number of consonant sounds in the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is over 700 sounds
300
The two types of languages on the Rosetta Stone
What is Greek and Egyptian
300
The number of plants needed to represent the number 3,000. The plant represents the number 1,000 in Ancient Egypt.
What is 3 plants
300
The meaning of hieroglyph.
What is sacred carving
400
The amount of time the Ancient Egyptian language was not understood.
What is 1,500 years
400
The number of sounds the Ancient Egyptians used for the letter h.
What is 4 sounds
400
The language used on the Rosetta Stone to compare Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and translate the hieroglyphics.
What is Ancient Greek
400
The number of pointing hands needed to represent the number 700,000. The pointing hand represents 100,000 in Ancient Egypt.
What is 7 plants
400
hieroglyphs were used on building walls. This was the day to day writing the Ancient Egyptian people used.
What is hieratic
500
The period of time that Champollion broke the hieroglyphic code and wrote down a list of Egptian words and sounds.
What is the 1820s
500
The letters in our alphabet that are the closest to sounds in the Ancient Egyptian alphabet. Name at least three.
What is a, l, o, v, x, and c
500
He discovered the Rosetta Stone in 1799
Who is Pierre Bouchard
500
The number of units used in the Ancient Egyptians' numbering system.
What is Units of ten
500
A flat stone slabe on which texts and images can be inscribed
What is a Stela