Scribes and the Rosetta Stone
Know that scribes were specially trained people who could read and write hieroglyphs, that the Rosetta Stone — a slab with the same text in three scripts — was the key to cracking the hieroglyphic code, and that Jean-François Champollion used it to decipher hieroglyphs in 1822 after centuries of mystery
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If your child sees the Rosetta Stone in a museum (or a picture of it), can they explain why it was so important and how it helped us read hieroglyphs?
Know that scribes were specially trained people who could read and write hieroglyphs, that the Rosetta Stone — a slab with the same text in three scripts — was the key to cracking the hieroglyphic code, and that Jean-François Champollion used it to decipher hieroglyphs in 1822 after centuries of mystery
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- Explain the importance of scribes as the only people who could read and write
- Describe the Rosetta Stone as having the same message in three different scripts
- Name Champollion as the person who decoded hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone
“If your child sees the Rosetta Stone in a museum (or a picture of it), can they explain why it was so important and how it helped us read hieroglyphs?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- History
- Domain
- Ancient Egypt
- Age range
- Ages 7–9