Question

The Rosetta Stone
When examining the Rosetta Stone, a French scholar found Ptolomy and Cleopatra's names written in Demotic, an Egyptian language, and was able to match those names to the Greek writing on the Stone. In this flash of insight, it was discovered that the same information was written in three languages, Demotic, Greek and ___________. After this discovery, the tablet was decoded over three years.

a.
Ancient Egyptian
b.
Early French
c.
Ancient Latin
d.
Early Roman



Please select the best answer from the choices provided


A
B
C
D

Answer 1

A

The Rosetta Stone contained the same text in Greek, Demotic, and Ancient Egyptian (hieroglyphs), which allowed scholars to decode the inscriptions.