S3E3 · Champollion, unravelling the mysteries of the stone

Champollion, unravelling the mysteries of the stone

S3E3 · 2019-03-03 · 25 min

In July 1799 during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria the French soldiers of lieutenant Bouchard discover by chance at Rosetta a large black stone. It is in fact the fragment of a stele engraved in honor of King Ptolemy V including three writing systems: Greek Demotic and hieroglyphs.

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