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18.07.2019 • 
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Read the excerpt from the riddle of the rosetta stone. the greek leader, alexander the great, had taken control of egypt in 332 b.c., and after alexander’s death in 323 b.c. his general, ptolemy, replaced him. from then until 30 b.c., when rome conquered egypt, a long line of pharaohs from the ptolemy family ruled the country. the ptolemys kept their greek culture, including their language, but they also respected the customs and religious beliefs of the native egyptians. the details in this excerpt serve as evidence for which fact? a. some of the egyptian writings on the rosetta stone included hieroglyphs. b. the inscription on the rosetta stone was the same in all three languages. c. one of the three inscriptions on the rosetta stone was written in greek. d. french soldiers discovered the rosetta stone while tearing down an old fort.

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