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How big is the nuclear test yield record?

The tests of the most powerful nuclear weapon in history were carried out in the USSR (on Novaya Zemlya) in 1961. The power of the explosion in TNT equivalent was 50 megatons.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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What is the Rosetta Stone?

As you know, one of the greatest civilizations of all times and peoples was Ancient Egypt. For a long time, people began to dig up monuments, buildings, as well as all kinds of treasures of Ancient Egypt. Unknown writings were found on buildings and other objects, but no one could read them. And it seemed that there was no solution to these signs. The ancient Greeks believed that the priests of Egypt created these letters for religious purposes, so they called them hieroglyphs, which means "sacred incisions" in translation. This type of writing became known as hieroglyphs.

After the Greeks, no significant effort was made to decipher these inscriptions until the 1799th century, when many scholars took up the problem, but without success. Later, in XNUMX, an outstanding discovery was made. Near the mouth of the Nile River, a black basalt slab was found that had lain there for centuries. She was given the name Rosetta Stone, in honor of the city near which she was found. The Rosetta Stone makes the message carved in three different languages unique.

One of the languages is Greek, the second is hieroglyphs, and the third is a late form of Egyptian writing, the so-called folk cursive - one of the types of abbreviated hieroglyphs. Long years of study of these inscriptions began.

The Greek text could be read and understood, and finally, after comparing it with the rest, the centuries-old secret of hieroglyphic writing was discovered. This was done by a talented young Frenchman Jean-Francois Champollion. And as a result of this discovery, it became possible for historians to trace the life, customs and religious practices of the Egyptians up to 3500 BC. e. This is possible because hieroglyphs are the oldest form of Egyptian writing and one of the earliest known writing systems.

Essentially, these are inscriptions - drawings. Each picture represents an item. But as time passed, this writing developed, and subsequently the Egyptians began to record the concepts, sounds, and words.

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