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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- Did Mesopotamians brew beer?
“Mesopotamians brewed beer and wrote a hymn to the goddess Ninkasi that describes how to make it.”
Reference: Smithsonian Magazine
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