Study Guide for The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

 

How big is the Rosetta Stone?

 

 

Dr. Guignes was correct when he guessed that the stone’s cartouches were what?

 

 

Who found the stone in Egypt?

 

 

What does “demotic” mean?

 

 

What important observation did Dr. Thomas Young make?

 

 

How was Jean-Francois Champollion unlike Thomas Young?

 

 

Champollion found a correlation between letters and hieroglyphs when he did what?

 

 

What discovery did Champollion announce in his ground breaking book?

 

 

In 1829 Champollion “got what he always wanted” when he did what?

 

 

Which Egyptians learned to read and write?

 

 

 

Study Guide for The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

 

How big is the Rosetta Stone?

 

 

Dr. Guignes was correct when he guessed that the stone’s cartouches were what?

 

 

Who found the stone in Egypt?

 

 

What does “demotic” mean?

 

 

What important observation did Dr. Thomas Young make?

 

 

How was Jean-Francois Champollion unlike Thomas Young?

 

 

Champollion found a correlation between letters and hieroglyphs when he did what?

 

 

What discovery did Champollion announce in his ground breaking book?

 

 

In 1829 Champollion “got what he always wanted” when he did what?

 

 

Which Egyptians learned to read and write?