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Champollion

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Cham·pol·lion  (shä-pô-lyô), Jean François 1790-1832.
French Egyptologist. Working from the Rosetta stone, he became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1821).
Champollion (French) [ʃɑ̃pɔljɔ̃]
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(Biographies / Champollion, Jean François (1790-1832) M, French, HISTORY: Egyptologist) Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790-1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
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Noun1.ChampollionChampollion - Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)
Jean Francois Champollion


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Champollion deciphered the wrinkled granite hieroglyphics.
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What Champollion will decipher this hieroglyphic for us, that we may turn over a new leaf at last?
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The fact teaches him how Belus was worshipped and how the Pyramids were built, better than the discovery by Champollion of the names of all the workmen and the cost of every tile.
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