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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- When was the first recorded labor strike?
“The first recorded labor strike in history happened in ancient Egypt around 1157 BC, when tomb builders stopped work because their rations were late.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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