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Rosetta Stone
  • 1. Which languages are inscribed on the Rosetta Stone?
A) Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit
B) Ancient Egyptian, Demotic, Ancient Greek
C) Arabic, Hebrew, Coptic
D) Latin, Greek, Phoenician
  • 2. The Rosetta Stone was discovered by French soldiers in which country?
A) Greece
B) Turkey
C) Italy
D) Egypt
  • 3. What year was the Rosetta Stone discovered?
A) 1768
B) 1810
C) 1822
D) 1799
  • 4. Which pharaoh's name is written in hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone?
A) Ramses II
B) Ptolemy V
C) Tutankhamun
D) Cleopatra
  • 5. The Rosetta Stone's discovery led to advancements in which field?
A) Astronomy
B) Engineering
C) Egyptology
D) Medicine
  • 6. Which Egyptologist played a key role in deciphering the Rosetta Stone?
A) Zahi Hawass
B) Flinders Petrie
C) Howard Carter
D) Jean-François Champollion
  • 7. In what period of ancient Egypt was the Rosetta Stone created?
A) Late Period
B) New Kingdom
C) Old Kingdom
D) Ptolemaic Period
  • 8. What does the Rosetta Stone help scholars to understand?
A) Linear B script
B) Hieroglyphics
C) Ogham script
D) Cuneiform
  • 9. Which emperor of France ordered the Rosetta Stone to be seized?
A) Charlemagne
B) Julius Caesar
C) Louis XIV
D) Napoleon Bonaparte
  • 10. When was the Rosetta Stone transferred to the British Museum?
A) 1802
B) 1815
C) 1820
D) 1798
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