Which Discovery Made the Deciphering of Hieroglyphics Possible?

Hieroglyphic writing died out in Egypt in the fourth century C.E.. Over time the knowledge of how to read hieroglyphs was lost, until the discovery of the Rosetta Stone

the Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. ... It was discovered there in July 1799 by French officer Pierre-François Bouchard during the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt.
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in 1799 and its subsequent decipherment.

How were the Egyptian hieroglyphs deciphered?

The ancient Egyptians' language had archaeologists baffled until the hieroglyphs were carefully deciphered using the Rosetta Stone. The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb wouldn't happen for another century but in 1821 in Piccadilly, London, an exhibition about ancient Egypt opened.

What was found in 1801 that allowed us to decipher hieroglyphics *?

In the 19th century, the Rosetta Stone helped scholars at long last crack the code of hieroglyphics, the ancient Egyptian writing system.

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