Question

for thousands of years after the end of the ancient egyptian civilization, people couldnt read the symbols. this all changed in 1799, when archaeologists found a stone in an egyptian town called rosetta. this stone, now called the rosetta stone, has three different languages written on it. because the same passage is written in greek, demotic (another ancient language) and hieroglyphics, historians have been able to figure out the meaning of many hieroglyphic symbols. the stone effectively translated the language of ancient egypt into words that historians could understand.
how did the rosetta stone help historians understand hieroglyphics?
choose one option
a the stone had the same passage written in three different languages, so historians were able to translate the passage written in hieroglyphics.
b the stone was an ancient egyptian dictionary of all of the hieroglyphics and their meanings.
c historians found piles of papyrus buried under the stone that included keys for understanding what each hieroglyphic symbol represented.
d the people in rosetta understood what each hieroglyphic stood for, and they shared the meanings with historians.

Explanation:

El texto dice que la piedra de Rosetta tiene tres idiomas diferentes escritos en ella y que el mismo pasaje está escrito en griego, demótico y jeroglíficos. Esto les permitió a los historiadores traducir el pasaje escrito en jeroglíficos.

Answer:

A. The stone had the same passage written in three different languages, so historians were able to translate the passage written in hieroglyphics.