How were Egyptian hieroglyphs deciphered?
Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered in 1822 by French scholar Jean-François Champollion, using the Rosetta Stone, which had the same text in three scripts.
- Home
- What was ostracism?
“Ancient Athenians could vote to banish a citizen for 10 years by writing names on pottery shards, a practice called ostracism.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
More from this shelf
Did the ancient Greeks have a steam engine?
Hero of Alexandria described the aeolipile, a spinning steam-powered device, in the first century AD, but it was treated as a curiosity rather than a machine for work.
Where did democracy begin?
Democracy began in Athens around 507 BC.