Thursday, May 17, 2018

riddle - Three Tongues of Rock



Three tongues of rock


My royal decree


To ancient lore


would hold the key



Who am I?



Answer




You are



the Rosetta stone.



Three tongues of rock
My royal decree



The text is a decree by a pharaoh, written on rock in three different writing systems.



To ancient lore

would hold the key



Its discovery was the key to interpreting ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.



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