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 was Tenochtitlan built?
“The Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was built on an island in Lake Texcoco and may have had about 200,000 people.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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What city was Mexico City built on top of?
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