Question

• writing unreadable came across • work out In 1799, French soldiers 1) a flat stone near Rosetta, Egypt. 'The Rosetta Stone' had 2)....................... in Egyptian hieroglyphics and Greek on it and by comparing the two, experts were able to 3).......................the meaning of the hieroglyphics, which had been 4). for centuries. D​

Answer 1

In 1799, French soldiers came across a flat stone near Rosetta, Egypt. 'The Rosetta Stone' had writing in Egyptian hieroglyphics and Greek on it and by comparing the two, experts were able to work out the meaning of the hieroglyphics, which had been unreadable for centuries.