23096 a visit at the british museum

About EgyptThe Rosetta Stone is one of the most ……… objects in the British Museum.. into it, ……… in three types of writing called scripts.. that helped experts learn to read Egyptian hie

About Egypt

The Rosetta Stone is one of the most

……… objects in the British Museum

The Stone is a ……… part of a

……… stone slab It has a message

……… into it, ……… in three types

of writing (called scripts) It was an important

……… that helped experts learn to read

Egyptian hieroglyphs (a ……… system that

used ……… as signs)

It sounds like something out of a spy’s handbook – a code-……… stone tablet that unlocks ancient Egyptian secrets! But that’s exactly what the Rosetta Stone is

The writing on the Stone is an ……… message, called a decree,

about King Ptolemy the fifth (Ptolemy V) The decree was ……… on

to stones, put in every ……… in Egypt It says that the priests

of a temple in Memphis (in Egypt) supported the king The Rosetta Stone is

one of these copies

carved - famous –written - broken – temple - cracking - pictures –

copied - writing - bigger – official - clue

Find the following in the museum:

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Date: ……… Date: ………

Write a caption to these pictures.

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