8 pages – Egypt has important stone

Hieroglyphs were symbols
People used that
write with
In Egypt.

People wrote
with hieroglyphs
Many thousands of years ago.

After that people forgot
How do we study?
And understand hieroglyphs.

But around 1800
became an important stone
Found in Egypt.
It is the Rosetta Stone.
It is two thousand years old.

The stone had hieroglyphs.
But there was that
Two other languages ​​in stone.
It made researchers
can begin to understand
Hieroglyphs again.

Says the Rosetta Stone
About what it was like in Egypt
A long time ago.

In the 19th century, people took
From Great Britain
With rosetta stone.
It is available
A museum in London.

But now Egypt wants to
Get the stone back.
The magazine writes
Today’s news.

It was common in the past
Rich countries have taken that
Important things from poor countries.
Things ended up in museums
In rich countries.

But in recent years
Contains many countries
They said to return
Stolen goods.

Researcher Monica Hanna
Wanted now from Egypt
She will get the country
Back to the Rosetta Stone.
She started a list
With many more names
And people who love it.

– We are important
Get the stone back.

says Monica Hanna
For Dagens Nyheter newspaper.

Monica Hanna believes
That should get the name list
Britain must pay back
The Rosetta Stone for Egypt.

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