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