How did Champollion decipher the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone?
How did Champollion decipher the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone?
CAIRO – 27 September 2020: On September 27, 1822, French Egyptologist Jean-Francois Champollion was able to decipher the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs after studying the Rosetta Stone.
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The Rosetta Stone was discovered by the French expedition in 1799 AD. It was discovered by a French officer named Bouchard on July 19, 1799. The stone depicted inscriptions of demotic and Greek hieroglyphic texts.
The stone was called the Rosetta Stone because it was discovered in the city of Rosetta, which lies on the mouth of the Nile branch in the Mediterranean. It is a royal decree issued in the city of Memphis by priests
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