Jean Francois Champollion

Definitions of Jean Francois Champollion
  1. noun
    Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)
    synonyms: Champollion
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    Egyptologist
    an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology
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