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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- Why are there 60 minutes in an hour?
“There are 60 minutes in an hour because the Mesopotamians used a base-60 number system.”
Reference: Scientific American
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When was the wheel invented?
The wheel was invented around 3500 BC in Mesopotamia, and it was first used as a potter's wheel for making pottery before anyone put it on a vehicle.
Interesting facts about the number 100
100 is the sum of the first nine prime numbers, as well as the sum of two prime numbers (47 + 53), and the sum of the cubes of the first four integers (100 = 1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 + 4^3). Also, 2^6 + 6^2 = 100