Without the ability to read ancient Chinese and Maya text, we would be limited to archeological findings and guesses made based on them. The fact, that we can read ancient texts, let us know for example:
the names and times of rule of many rulers,
the religious practices
some events from the past
some cultural and technological inventions such as their knowledge of astronomy
the social composition of the society
Our knowledge of urban live comes from the description of customs and occational information about who lived where and how much was paid for what services
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The Rosetta Stone was found by accident in 1799 when the soldiers in Napoleons army were digging the foundations to a fort close to the town Rashid in the Nile Delta.
The Rosetta Stone is an important artifact because it is the key to understanding the Egyptian heiroglyphs.
