Historians were able to decipher hieroglyphics after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.
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It's from the Egyptian temple were Ramses the Great wrote a Rosetta stone.
The Rosetta Stone had three different languages one of which was Greek, and another was hieroglyphs. Historians already knew Greek so they used it to sort of decode the hieroglyphics.
the Rosetta Stone helped explain hieroglyphics
The purpose of the Rosetta stone was to honor the Egyptian pharaoh. It was written in three scripts because three scripts were being used in Egypt in 196 B.C. In 1822, the Rosetta stone was used to help decipher Hieroglyphics.
The original Rosetta Stone was a stone tablet that researches found and used to help translate an ancient egyptian language, so no. If you were reffering to the new Rosetta Stone, which is a language learning technology, then yes. See why they call it Rosetta Stone? Because the original was used to decifer an ancient language. By the way, this is the first straight answer I've given.