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Tomb treasures
Life after death
Review
Secrets of the Egyptiansands
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This was found on the wall
of a tomb in Egyt!
"hat do you think it is#
$ ainting# %e&ret &ode# "riting#
't might look more like a style of ainting( but it is an&ient
Egytian writing( whi&h we &all hieroglyphics!
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But in 17**( some +ren&h
soldiers found a ,ery imortant
clue- the Rosetta Stone!
There were three different
languages &ar,ed into thestone!
.ieroglyhi&s
/emoti&
$n&ientreek
"hat do you think &ould be worked out from looking
at these languages#
"hen hieroglyhi&s were first dis&o,ered by archaeologists(
nobody knew what they were!
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$ man &alled Thomas 3oung saw that the an&ient reek words
were about 4haraoh 4tolemy! This heled him to work out whatthe hieroglyhi&s with an o,al shae( or cartouche(
around them said!
P T O L E M Y
Then( a man &alled 5ean64aul Chamollion was able to use
Thomas 3oungs dis&o,ery to hel him work out an entire
Egytian alhabet
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$t last( historians &ould read the beautiful hieroglyhi&s in
Egyt! .ieroglyhi&s had been found in many la&es! Look atthese hotograhs-
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