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How were scholars able to translate hieroglyphic symbols?

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scholars compared hieroglyphics to cuneiform and found enough similarities to create an alphabet of the egyptian writing system.

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archaeologists unearthed a set of papyrus scrolls that had served as a dictionary in ancient egypt.

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by comparing a message written in both hieroglyphics and greek, scholars were able to translate the hieroglyphic symbols.

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because early hieroglyphics were picture writing, scholars could decipher their meaning and then match them to more modern egyptian writing.

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