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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- What were Viking sunstones?
“Vikings may have used crystals called sunstones to find the Sun on cloudy days.”
Reference: Smithsonian Magazine
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