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
Typical age: 7–9 years
“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?”
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Needs first
- Egyptian Social Hierarchy
Scribes' elite status benefits from understanding the social hierarchy
- Knowing all letters
Knowing how the English alphabet maps symbols to sounds enriches the study of Champollion's decipherment of the hieroglyphic code on the Rosetta Stone
- Hieroglyphs and PapyrusREQUIRED
Rosetta Stone and Champollion builds on basic hieroglyphs and scribes