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How were scholars able to translate hieroglyphic symbols?

A.
Scholars compared hieroglyphics to cuneiform and found enough similarities to create an alphabet of the Egyptian writing system.

B.
Archaeologists unearthed a set of papyrus scrolls that had served as a dictionary in ancient Egypt.

C.
By comparing a message written in both hieroglyphics and Greek, scholars were able to translate the hieroglyphic symbols.

D.
Because early hieroglyphics were picture writing, scholars could decipher their meaning and then match them to more modern Egyptian writing.

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The correct answer is
C.
By comparing a message written in both hieroglyphics and Greek, scholars were able to translate the hieroglyphic symbols.

They unearthed the Rosetta stone, which is a huge stone that had writing on it in hieroglyphics and in ancient Greek, and since ancient Greek had already been translated and used, they knew now how to translate the hieroglyphics. This was a monumental discovery.

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