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The Rosetta Stone is an ancient artifact with the same text in three different languages that can be seen in the British Museum. It was found among ruins in Egypt more than 200 years ago. It unlocked the mystery of the symbols A _______________________ of Ancient Egypt. The Rosetta Stone was carved and displayed for people to read in 196 BCE. It was named after the place where it was found, a town called Rosetta in B _______________________. There are three different kinds of writing on the stone. The writing C _______________________ consists of rows of small pictures, called

hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics were often carved on walls or on slabs of stone. The Egyptian priests used hieroglyphics. The second kind of writing on the stone is now known D _______________________. It was used by the Greeks in their everyday writing  — E _______________________. The third section, located at the bottom of the stone, is written in Greek. By 196 BCE, a Greek family named Ptolemy had been ruling Egypt for over 100 years. Because of this, The Greek alphabet and language were being used in Egypt F _______________________.

1.  as demotic, or popular, script

2.  on the top part of the stone

3.  along with Egyptian writing

4.  for example, to send messages

5.  opening the door to learning

6.  that cover the temples and tombs

7.  what is today the country of Egypt