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Answers to " Do You Know ? " Questions

1. The " Hieroglyphic." 2. Two : " Phonetic," or signs denoting

sounds, and Ideographic, denoting ideas.-3. The "Rosetta Stone," which bore an inscription in Hieroglyphic, Hieratic (cursive writing), and Greek which gave the clue.-4. In 1799 by one of Napoleon's officers.-5. The great Persian inscription at Behis- tun set up by Darius in B.C. 520, written in Persian, " Preto Medic," and Cuneiform.-6. The '` Laws of Khamrnurabi," c. 2200 B.C., and records of Kings Sargon, Tiglath-Pileser, Assur- banipal, and Nebuchadnezzar.-7. In Phoenician.-8. The revolt of Mesha, King of Moab, against Ahab, King of Israel, c. 890 B.c.-9. In the island of Thera, dating from 900 B.C.-10. One cut on the knee of one of the colossi at Abu-Simbel by Greek mercenaries of the Egyptian King, date about 600 B.c.-11. About 300 n.e.-12. The Monumentum Ancyranum of Augustus

found at Aheyia (Angora) in Galatia 13. The edicts of Asoka, the great Buddhist King, c. 300 B.C.