How were scholars able to translate hieroglyphic symbols?

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How were scholars able to translate hieroglyphic symbols? 
a. Scholars compared hieroglyphics to cuneiform and identified enough similarities to develop an alphabet for the Egyptian writing system. 
b. Archaeologists unearthed a collection of papyrus scrolls that served as a dictionary in ancient Egypt. 
c. By comparing a message written in both hieroglyphics and Greek, scholars were able to decipher the hieroglyphic symbols. 
d. Because early hieroglyphics were pictorial representations, scholars could interpret their meanings and then correlate them with more modern Egyptian writing.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I would go with D because many writing systems were similar in a way, because people would travel and bring there culture everywhere else.

Dr. Evert Nikolaus DVM · Answer

Your answer would be C. I hope this helps!!

Kristy Mills · Answer

I believe the answer is: C.By comparing a message written in both hieroglyphics and Greek, scholars were able to translate the hieroglyphic symbols.Since the 6th century, the ancient greek and egyptian civilizations has already involved with one another through trades and travelling scholars. Because of this, cultural assimilation happened between the two, and many writings in greek actually depict a simialr writing that could be found in egyptian hieroglyphics.

Anonymous · Answer

The answer is C. By comparing a message written in both hieroglyphics and Greek, scholars were able to translate the hieroglyphic symbols. truest me I took the quiz myself

Anonymous · Answer

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

Dr. Trace Abbott I · Answer

It is C. Archeologists unearthed the "Rossetta stone" it had the same message in hieroglyphics, Greek, and I think Latin. Using these languages they used Greek and the other language to decipherHieroglyphics

Aubree Krajcik V · Answer

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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