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.
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- What were ziggurats?
“Ziggurats were huge stepped temple towers built in Mesopotamia.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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When was the wheel invented?
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How long did it take to build Cologne Cathedral?
Construction of Germany's Cologne Cathedral started in 1248 and was not finished until 1880, more than 600 years later.