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X-WR-CALDESC:4 March 1832: Death of Jean-François Champollion\, French scho
 lar who used the Rosetta Stone to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. Photo by 
 Leon Cogniet via Wikipedia. Learn more about the Rosetta Stone and the Ros
 etta Stone replica that was temporarily on-loan to the National Cryptologi
 c Museum via the link at the bottom of the page.\n\nExcerpted from Wikiped
 ia: A child prodigy in linguistics Champollion gave his first public paper
  on the decipherment of demotic in 1806\, and already as a young man held 
 many posts of honor in scientific circles. \n\nIn 1820 he embarked in earn
 est on the project of decipherment of the hieroglyphic script\, soon overs
 hadowing the achievements of British polymath Thomas Young who had made th
 e first advances in decipherment before 1819. In 1822 Champollion publishe
 d his first breakthrough in the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone hierogly
 phs\, showing that the Egyptian writing system was a combination of phonet
 ic and ideographic signs. In 1824 he published a Précis in which he detail
 ed the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script demonstrating the values of
  the phonetic and ideographic signs. \n\nIn 1829 he traveled to Egypt wher
 e he was able to read many hieroglyphic texts that had never before been s
 tudied. The hardships of the journey cost him his health and he died in 18
 32\, 41 years old. His grammar of Ancient Egyptian was published posthumou
 sly. He is considered the founder of the discipline of egyptology.
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DESCRIPTION:4 March 1832: Death of Jean-François Champollion\, French schol
 ar who used the Rosetta Stone to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. Photo by L
 eon Cogniet via Wikipedia. Learn more about the Rosetta Stone and the Rose
 tta Stone replica that was temporarily on-loan to the National Cryptologic
  Museum via the link at the bottom of the page.\n\nExcerpted from Wikipedi
 a: A child prodigy in linguistics Champollion gave his first public paper 
 on the decipherment of demotic in 1806\, and already as a young man held m
 any posts of honor in scientific circles. \n\nIn 1820 he embarked in earne
 st on the project of decipherment of the hieroglyphic script\, soon oversh
 adowing the achievements of British polymath Thomas Young who had made the
  first advances in decipherment before 1819. In 1822 Champollion published
  his first breakthrough in the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone hieroglyp
 hs\, showing that the Egyptian writing system was a combination of phoneti
 c and ideographic signs. In 1824 he published a Précis in which he detaile
 d the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script demonstrating the values of 
 the phonetic and ideographic signs. \n\nIn 1829 he traveled to Egypt where
  he was able to read many hieroglyphic texts that had never before been st
 udied. The hardships of the journey cost him his health and he died in 183
 2\, 41 years old. His grammar of Ancient Egyptian was published posthumous
 ly. He is considered the founder of the discipline of egyptology.
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SUMMARY:1832: Death of Jean-François Champollion.
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