Giants of Egyptology Seventh of a Series JEAN FRANCOIS CHAMPOLLION (1790-1832) KMT 6:4, Winter 1995-1996 copyright 1995 KMT Communications The Father of Egyptology Epithet was awarded to French linguist Jean Francois Champollion for his having been instrumental in pioneering decipherment of the previously unreadable ancient scripts of Egypt, thereby making full study of that nation s early ...

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