Hieroglyphs are a language that uses images to represent objects, sounds, and groups of sounds. It was very difficult to read Egyptian hieroglyphics, which were essential to understanding Egyptian society. The Greek language on the stone was used to decipher other languages. As languages were deciphered, this helped historians better understand Egyptian hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs were difficult to understand until the Rosetta Stone was studied. After the Rosetta Stone was examined it was easier to learn about the Egyptian language and culture. Thomas Young made early progress in deciphering the Rosetta Stone. The person who finally cracked the Rosetta Stone code was Jean-Francois Champollion. Jean-Francois Champollion used his knowledge of the Greek language found on the Rosetta Stone. One of the things that helped decipher the Rosetta Stone is the code-breaking technology developed over the years. Without the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian culture could not have been studied in such a thorough and timely manner. Egyptian culture has many years of documented history that we have been able to study thanks to the discovery and decryption on the Rosetta
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