Kush: the kingdom south of Egypt that traded gold and worked iron
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Three ancient scripts
Script Can scholars read the sounds? Can they understand the language? Main clue Egyptian hieroglyphs yes yes the Rosetta Stone, with the same decree in Greek Meroitic (Kush, from the 200s BCE) yes, since Francis Griffith deciphered it in the early 1900s only a few words Meroitic spellings of Egyptian names Indus script no no inscriptions are very short Meroitic had two scripts: a cursive script based on Egyptian Demotic, used in about 90% of inscriptions, and a hieroglyphic script based on Egyptian hieroglyphs.
How much of the Meroitic language can scholars understand, Zee asks?
- All the words but no sounds
- None of its sounds
- Only a few words
- All of it, like Egyptian
What clue helped Francis Griffith decipher Meroitic, Ari asks?
- A dictionary of Meroitic words left by Kush
- Very short inscriptions
- The Rosetta Stone's Greek text
- Meroitic spellings of Egyptian names
Three ancient scripts
Script Can scholars read the sounds? Can they understand the language? Main clue Egyptian hieroglyphs yes yes the Rosetta Stone, with the same decree in Greek Meroitic (Kush, from the 200s BCE) yes, since Francis Griffith deciphered it in the early 1900s only a few words Meroitic spellings of Egyptian names Indus script ? no inscriptions are very short The cell marked ? is blank. Meroitic had two scripts: a cursive script based on Egyptian Demotic, used in about 90% of inscriptions, and a hieroglyphic script based on Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Bo's chart has a blank: can scholars read the sounds of the Indus script?
- Yes, from the Rosetta Stone
- A few words
- No
- Yes, since Griffith
Three ancient scripts
Script Can scholars read the sounds? Can they understand the language? Main clue Egyptian hieroglyphs yes yes the Rosetta Stone, with the same decree in Greek Meroitic (Kush, from the 200s BCE) yes, since Francis Griffith deciphered it in the early 1900s only a few words Meroitic spellings of Egyptian names Indus script no no inscriptions are very short Meroitic had two scripts: a cursive script based on Egyptian Demotic, used in about 90% of inscriptions, and a hieroglyphic script based on Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Scholars can sound out Meroitic words but know few meanings. What is that like, Esme asks?
- Reading aloud a language you don't know
- Not knowing any of the letters
- Reading a picture book
- Reading your own language easily and understanding it
Why did Egyptian names help with Meroitic sounds, Jun asks?
- Egyptian names were in Greek
- Names have no sounds
- The names told what each word meant
- Known names showed what sounds the signs made
About 90% of Meroitic inscriptions use one of its two scripts. Which one, Luz asks?
- The Indus script
- The cursive script
- Greek letters
- The hieroglyphic script
Meroitic cursive was based on Egyptian Demotic. What does that show about Kush and Egypt, Milo asks?
- The two spoke the same language
- Egypt copied its writing from Kush
- The neighbors shared ideas about writing
- Kush and Egypt had no contact with each other
Meroitic writing began in the 200s BCE. Which came first, Meroitic writing or Egyptian hieroglyphs, Noah asks?
- Meroitic, which Egypt then copied
- Both began in the same year
- Neither: both began in CE
- Egyptian hieroglyphs, which Meroitic built on
Ren's note says, "Most Meroitic inscriptions use the hieroglyphic script." Which fix is right?
- Change "Most" to "No"
- Leave it: hieroglyphs came first in Egypt
- Change "hieroglyphic" to "cursive"
- Change "Meroitic" to "Greek"
Tala's note says, "The Indus script is read the same way as Meroitic." Which fix is right?
- Change it: the Indus script can't be read yet
- Change "Meroitic" to "Greek"
- Leave it: both were deciphered
- Change "Indus" to "Egyptian"