Your Own Rosetta Stone

For centuries archeologists and historians had very little understanding of Egyptian
HEIROGLIPHICS, an ancient Egyptian form of writing with symbols. It was not until 1799
with the discovery of the Rosetta Stone that archeologists finally had a tool to translate these
symbols into a language they could understand.
In this activity, use the symbol translation chart to decode the message.
A : L X E
M e Y+
B ` N e Z
C ` O
D P
E Q
F R ^
G - S e
H T +
I U
J V
K W w
+ +^ :-:-e
+ ^e++:
e+ :^
^-+`e,
e+`, : :`+
-^.
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