Jean-François Champollion
Also known as: Jean Francois Champollion · Jean François Champollion · Jean-Francois Champollion · Champollion
Champollion used comparisons involving Demotic and other scripts in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. Royal names such as Ptolemy helped scholars compare Greek and Egyptian forms in the Rosetta decree.
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Contributed to decipherment
Young and Champollion made different contributions to deciphering the scripts on the Rosetta Stone.
Read royal names in inscriptions
Royal names such as Ptolemy helped scholars compare Greek and Egyptian forms in the Rosetta decree.
Deciphered Egyptian writing
Champollion used comparisons involving Demotic and other scripts in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.