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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- Where does the word "alphabet" come from?
“The word "alphabet" comes from "alpha" and "beta," the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.”
Reference: Merriam-Webster
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